List of corals of the Solomon Islands

This is a list of corals of the Solomon Islands. The baseline survey of marine biodiversity within the national territory of Solomon Islands that was carried out in 2004, found 474 species of corals in the Solomons as well as nine species which could be new to science. This is the second highest diversity of corals in the World, second only to the Raja Ampat Islands in eastern Indonesia.Doubilet, David (2007). Ultra Marine: In far eastern Indonesia, the Raja Ampat islands embrace a phenomenal coral wilderness. National Geographic, September 2007. Originally retrieved from http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/09/indonesia/doubilet-text. Archived on 2008-04-09 at https://web.archive.org/web/20080409084522/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/09/indonesia/doubilet-text.

The baseline survey (published in 2006) identified the following coral varieties as being present in the Solomons:

Family: Genus: Number of species:Acroporidae Acropora 83 Acroporidae Anacropora 3 Acroporidae Astreopora 8 Acroporidae Montipora 24 AgariciidaePavona 10 AstrocoeniidaeStylocoeniella 3 Diploastreidae Diploastrea 1 Dendrophylliidae Turbinaria 6 Euphylliidae Euphyllia 4 Fungiidae Cycloseris 7 Fungiidae Heliofungia 1 Fungiidae Fungia 1 Fungiidae Ctenactis 3 Lobophylliidae Acanthastrea 5 Lobophylliidae Lobophyllia 5 Merulinidae Hydnophora 5 Merulinidae Favites 8 Merulinidae Goniastrea 7 Merulinidae Platygyra 6 Merulinidae Oulophyllia 2 Merulinidae Leptoria 2 Merulinidae Plesiastrea 1 Merulinidae Leptastrea 5 Merulinidae Cyphastrea 5 Merulinidae Echinopora 6 Pocilloporidae Pocillopora 9 Pocilloporidae Seriatopora 5 Pocilloporidae Stylophora 2Poritidae Porites 15 Poritidae Goniopora 9 Poritidae Alveopora 3

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