CORAL REEFS SPECIES IN GULF
OF KUTCH
Order : Scleractinia
Sub-Order : Astrocoeniina
Family : THAMNASTERIIDAE
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Genus : Psammocora Dana
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P.digitata Milne Edwards & Haime
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Family : ACROPORIDAE
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Genus : Acropora Oken
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A. humilis (Dana)
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A. squarrosa (Ehrenberg)
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Genus : Montipora de Blainville
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M. explanata Brueggeman
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M. turgescens Bernard
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M. monastriata (Forskal)
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M. venosa (Ehrenberg)
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M. hispida (Dana)
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M. foliosa (Pallas)
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Suborder : Fungiina
Superfamily : Agariciicae
Family : SIDERASTERIDAE
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Genus : Siderastera de Blainville
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S. savignyana Milne Edwards & Haime
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Genus : Pseudosiderastrea Yabe
& Sugiyama
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P. tayami Yabe and Sugiyama
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Genus : Cosctnaraea Milne
Edwards & Haime
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C. monile (Forskal)
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Superfamily : Poriticae
Family : PROTIDAE
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Genus : Goniopora de Blainville
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G. nigra Pillai
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G. minor Crossland
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G. planulata (Ehrenberg)
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Genus : Porites Link
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P. lutea Milne Edwards & Haime
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P. lichen Dana
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P. compressa Dana
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Suborder : Favina
Subfamily : Faviinae
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Genus : Piestastrea Milne Edwards
&
Haime
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P. versipora (Lamarck)
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Genus : Favia (Oken)
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F. stelligera (Dana)
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F. speciosa (Dana)
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F. flvus (Forskal)
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Genus : Favites Link
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F. complanta (Ehrenberg)
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F. melicerum (Ehrenberg)
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Genus : Goniastrea Milne
Edwards & Haime
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G. pectinata (Ehrenberg)
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Genus : Platygyra Ehrenberg
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P. sinensis (Milne Edwards
and Haime)
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Genus : Hydnophora Fischer de Waldheim
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H.exesa (Pallas)
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Subfamily : Moniastreinae
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Genus : Leptastrea Milne Edwards
& Haime
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L. purpurea (Dana)
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Genus : Cyphastrea Milne Edwards
& Haime
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C. serailia (Forskal)
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Family : MUSSIDAE
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Genus : Acanthastrea MED
& H
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A. simplex Crossland
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Genus : Symphyllia MED & H
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S. radians Milne Edwards & Haime
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Family : PECTINUDAE
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Genus : Myceditum Oken
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M. elephantotus (Pallas)
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Suborder : Caryophyllina
Family : CARYOPHYLLIDAE
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Genus : Paracyathus MED & H
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P. stokesi Milne Edwards and Haime
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Genus : Polycyathus Duncan
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P. verrilli Duncan
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Suborder : Dendrophyllina
Family : DENDROPHYLLIIDAE
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Genus : Tubastrea Lesson
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T. aurea (Quoy
and Gaimard)
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Genus : Dendrophyillia de Blainville
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D. minuscula Bourne
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