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Family: Pocilloporidae

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Madracis asanoi
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Madracis asperula
[Pointed pencil coral]

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Madracis auretenra
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Madracis brueggemanni
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Madracis carmabi
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Madracis decactis
[Ten-ray star coral]

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Madracis formosa
[Eight-ray finger coral]

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Madracis fragilis
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Madracis hellana
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Madracis interjecta
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Madracis kauaiensis
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Madracis kirbyi
[Ten coral]

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Madracis mirabilis
[Yellow pencil coral]

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Madracis myriaster
[Striate finger coral]

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Madracis pharensis
[Star coral]

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Madracis profunda
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Madracis senaria
[Zooxanthellate coral species]

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Madracis singularis
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Pocillopora acuta
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Pocillopora aliciae
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Pocillopora ankeli
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Pocillopora bairdi
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Pocillopora capitata
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Pocillopora damicornis
[Cauliflower coral]

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Pocillopora danae
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Pocillopora diomedeae
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Pocillopora effusa
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Pocillopora elegans
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Pocillopora fungiformis
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Pocillopora grandis
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Pocillopora indiania
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Pocillopora inflata
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Pocillopora kelleheri
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Pocillopora ligulata
[Thin cauliflower coral]

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Pocillopora meandrina
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Pocillopora modumanensis
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Pocillopora molokensis
[Moloka‘i cauliflower coral]

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Pocillopora setchelli
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Photo by Völckers, Andreas

Pocillopora tuahiniensis
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Photo by Rusconi, Gianemilio

Pocillopora verrucosa
[Rasp coral]

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Pocillopora woodjonesi
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Pocillopora zelli
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Seriatopora aculeata
[Club finger]

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Seriatopora caliendrum
[Birdsnest coral]

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Seriatopora dendritica
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Seriatopora guttata
[Bush coral]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Seriatopora hystrix
[Thin birdsnest coral]

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Seriatopora octoptera
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Seriatopora stellata
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Stylophora danae
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Stylophora kuehlmanni
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Stylophora madagascarensis
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Stylophora mamillata
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Stylophora mordax
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Photo by Rusconi, Gianemilio

Stylophora pistillata
[Smooth cauliflower coral]

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Stylophora subseriata
[Club finger coral]

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Stylophora wellsi
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Scientific Name Madracis asanoi Madracis asperula Madracis auretenra Madracis brueggemanni Madracis carmabi Madracis decactis Madracis formosa Madracis fragilis Madracis hellana Madracis interjecta Madracis kauaiensis Madracis kirbyi Madracis mirabilis Madracis myriaster Madracis pharensis Madracis profunda Madracis senaria Madracis singularis Pocillopora acuta Pocillopora aliciae Pocillopora ankeli Pocillopora bairdi Pocillopora capitata Pocillopora damicornis Pocillopora danae Pocillopora diomedeae Pocillopora effusa Pocillopora elegans Pocillopora fungiformis Pocillopora grandis Pocillopora indiania Pocillopora inflata Pocillopora kelleheri Pocillopora ligulata Pocillopora meandrina Pocillopora modumanensis Pocillopora molokensis Pocillopora setchelli Pocillopora tuahiniensis Pocillopora verrucosa Pocillopora woodjonesi Pocillopora zelli Seriatopora aculeata Seriatopora caliendrum Seriatopora dendritica Seriatopora guttata Seriatopora hystrix Seriatopora octoptera Seriatopora stellata Stylophora danae Stylophora kuehlmanni Stylophora madagascarensis Stylophora mamillata Stylophora mordax Stylophora pistillata Stylophora subseriata Stylophora wellsi	English Name Birdsnest coral Bush coral Cauliflower coral Club finger Club finger coral Eight-ray finger coral Moloka‘i cauliflower coral Pointed pencil coral Rasp coral Smooth cauliflower coral Star coral Striate finger coral Ten-ray star coral Ten coral Thin birdsnest coral Thin cauliflower coral Yellow pencil coral Zooxanthellate coral species	Distribution Central and Southern Atla Central Atlantic Eastern Central Pacific Eastern Pacific, Atlantic Eastern Pacific and Weste Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific and the Red Indo-Pacific and Western Indo-West Pacific Indo-West Pacific. Northeast Atlantic Pacific Ocean. Southeast Pacific Southwest Atlantic Southwest Pacific Western Atlantic Western Central Atlantic Western Central Atlantic. Western Central Pacific Western Central Pacific. Western Indian Ocean Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Western Pacific.	Max. Length 0.5 COLD 4 BRW 30 COLD 30 DL 30 WD 50 COLD	Year 1758 1786 1792 1816 1834 1846 1849 1850 1859 1864 1868 1881 1886 1892 1906 1907 1918 1929 1936 1964 1973 1974 1976 1980 1983 1999 2000 2003 2007 2009 2013 2014 2023

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