Family Pocilloporidae

The branching Pocilloporidae corals are very common on lagoon, pinnacle and seaward reefs. More species are known from here than we have figured, but some are very similar to others and we may simply not be recognizing them.


Pocillopora acuta


Pocillopora damicornis

Pocillopora grandis

Pocillopora grandis

Pocillopora meandrina

Pocillopora verrucosa

Pocillopora sp. 1

Seriatopora aculeata

Seriatopora hystrix

Stylophora sp. 1

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