Bahamas, Table 1 Corals species of the Bahamas
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Class/order
Family
Genus and species
Class Hydrozoa/Subclass Hydroidolina
Order Anthoathecatae
Suborder Filifera
Stylasteridae
Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766)
Suborder Capitata
Milleporidae
Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus, 1758
M. complanata Lamarck, 1816
Class Anthozoa/Subclass Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia intersepta (Lamarck, 1816)
Pocilloporidae
Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859)
M. formosa Wells, 1973
M. auretenra Locke, Weil and Coates, 2007
Acroporidae
Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)
A. palmata (Lamarck, 1816)
A. prolifera (Lamarck, 1816)
Suborder Fungiina
Agariciidae
Agaricia agaricites agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758)
A. agaricites carinata Wells, 1973
A. agaricites danai ME & H, 1860
A. agaricites purpurea (Lesueur, 1821)
A. fragilis fragilis Dana, 1846
A. grahamae Wells, 1973
A. humilis Verrill, 1902
A. lamarcki ME & H
A. tenuifolia Dana, 1846
A. undata (Ellis and Solander, 1786)
Leptoseris cucullata (Ellis and Solander, 1786)
Siderastreidae
Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766)
S. siderea (Ellis and Solander, 1786)
Poritidae
Porites astreoides Lamarck, 1816
P. branneri Rathbun, 1888
P. porites furcata Lamarck, 1816
P. porites porites (Pallas, 1766)
Suborder Faviina
Faviidae
Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772)
Diploria clivosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786)
D. labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
D. strigosa (Dana, 1846)
Favia fragum (Esper, 1795)
Manicina areolata areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)
M. areolata mayori Wells, 1936
Montastraea annularis (Ellis and Solander, 1786)
M. faveolata (Ellis and Solander, 1786)
M. franksi (Gregory, 1895)
M. cavernosa Linnaeus, 1767
Meandrinidae
Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834)
Dichocoenia stellaris ME & H, 1848
D. stokesi ME & H, 1848
Meandrina meandrites meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mussidae
Isophyllastrea rigida (Dana, 1846)
Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis and Solander, 1786)
Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766)
Mycetophyllia aliciae Wells, 1973
M. danaana ME & H, 1849
M. ferox Wells, 1973
M. lamarckiana ME & H, 1848
M. reesi Wells, 1973
Scolymia cubensis ME & H, 1849
S. lacera (Pallas, 1766)
Rhizangiidea
Astrangia solitaria (Lesueur, 1817)
Suborder Caryophylliina
Caryophylliidae
Eusmilia fastigiata (Pallas, 1766)
Note: ME & H refers to Milne-Edwards and Haime
a After Chiappone et al. (1996, 1997a), Bunt et al. ( 1981); updates from J. C. Lang (pers. comm.)
Taxonomic names are consistent with Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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