Hard CoralsAntler CoralPocillopora eydouxi
Cauliflower Coral
Pocillopora meandrina
(1: Turtle Canyons, Oahu)
These fluoresce under UV light:
(1: Sea Tiger, Oahu)
Oval Mushroom Coral
Fungia scutaria
(1: Kanaka Nui, Kauai / 2: Horseshoe Reef, Oahu / 3: Happy Talk, Kauai / 4: Harbor Ledges, Kauai / 5: Pyramid Point, Lehua)
Spreading Rice Coral
Montipora patula
(1: Olowalu, Maui / 2: Kua Bay, Kona)
Transverse Coral
Leptastrea transversa
(1: Reef's End, Molokini)
Soft Corals
Blue Octocoral
Sarcothelia edmondsoni
(1: Golden Arches, Kona / 2: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai / 3: Happy Talk, Kauai)
Brown Cup Coral
Tubastraea diaphana
Common Wire Coral
Cirrhipathes anguina
(1: Hoover's, Kona / 2: Hale O Honu, Kauai / 3: Pyramid Point, Lehua)
Feathery Black Coral
Myriopathes ulex
(1-2: Second Cathedral, Lanai / 3: End of the World, Molokini / 4: Niihau Arches, Niihau)
Hawaiian Black Coral
Antipathes griggi
(1: Second Cathedral, Lanai / 2: Brennecke's Ledge, Kauai / 3: Mala Pier, Maui / 4: Cliffhanger, Kauai / 5: Sheraton Caverns, Kauai)
Orange Cup Coral
Tubastraea coccinea
(1-2: Golden Arches, Kona / 3-5: Pinnacles, Oahu / 6: Mala Pier, Maui)
This is what the skeleton looks like when it bleaches: (1: Vertical Awareness, Kauai)
Oval Cup Coral
Cladopsammia eguchii
(1: Kaloko Arches, Kona / 2: Hoover's, Kona)
Red Wire CoralStichopathes (sp?)
(1: Pyramid Point, Lehua)
Has polyps only on one side; common wire coral has them all around.
Snowflake Coral
Carijoa (sp.?)
(1: Sea Tiger, Oahu / 2: Mala Pier, Maui)
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