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Photo illustrations were identified by Dr. Charles Birkeland
of the University of Hawaii, Manoa

Samoan Name Index to Corals

[page in preparation]

There are very vew Samoan names it corals, and only a very few names are applied to individual species or even genera.

Corals of National Park of American Samoa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Name
Scientific Name
(Linked to Species Profile)
Samoan Name
TSN
  Acanthastrea echinata
  Acropora abrotanoides
  Acropora aculeus
52915
  Acropora anthocercis
  Acropora aspera
  Acropora austera
52898
  Acropora carduus
52926
 

Acropora cf. subulata

    
  Acropora cophodactyla    
  Acropora crateriformis
571773
  Acropora cytherea    
  Acropora danai
52884
  Acropora digitifera
52864
  Acropora divaricata    
  Acropora donei
52904
  Acropora elseyi
52927
  Acropora formosa
  Acropora gemmifera
52875
  Acropora grandis
52889
  Acropora horrida
52895
  Acropora humilis
52868
  Acropora hyacinthus
52910
  Acropora intermedia
52943
  Acropora latistella
52912
  Acropora listeri    
  Acropora microclados    
  Acropora microphthalma
52893
  Acropora monticulosa
52876
  Acropora nasuta
52870
  Acropora nobilis    
  Acropora pulchra
52900
  Acropora retusa
  Acropora robusta
52883
  Acropora samoensis
52877
  Acropora secale    
  Acropora selago
  Acropora subulata    
  Acropora surculosa
  Acropora tenuis
52902
  Acropora valida
52918
  Acropora vaughani    
  Acropora verweyi
52880
  Acropora yongei
  Acropora sp.    
  Alveopora superficialis
  Astreopora
52996
  Astreopora myriophthalma
52997
  Astreopora randalli
  Coscinaraea columna
53097
Ocellated Coral Cyphastrea
53343
  Cyphastrea microphthalma
53346
  Diploastrea heliopora
  Discosoma cf. rhodostoma.
  Echinopora
53348
  Echinopora gemmacea
  Echinopora hirsutissima    
  Echinopora lamellosa
53349
  Favia favus
53271
  Favia helianthoides
53277
  Favia matthaii
53270
  Favia pallida
53265
  Favia speciosa
53264
  Favia stelligera
53266
  Favites abdita
53300
  Favites chinensis
53308
  Favites complanata
53304
  Favites flexuosa
53302
  Favites halicora
53301
  Favites russelli
53306
  Fungia fungites
53116
  Fungia horrida
Mushroom Coral  Fungia scutaria
53127
  Galaxea fascicularis
53409
  Gardineroseris planulata
  Goniastrea edwardsi
53311
  Goniastrea favulus
53313
  Goniastrea pectinata
53314
  Goniastrea minuta    
  Goniastrea sp.    
  Goniastrea retiformis
53310
  Goniopora fruiticosa    
Blue Coral Heliopora coerulea
52077
  Hydnophora exesa
53444
  Hydnophora microconos
53445
  Hydnophora pilosa
  Hydnophora rigida
53442
Crust Coral  Leptastrea purpurea
53338
  Leptastrea transversa
  Leptoria phrygia
53326
  Leptoseris incrustans
  Leptoseris mycetoseroides
53043
  Lobophyllia corymbosa
53508
  Lobophyllia hemprichii
53507
  Lobophytum sp.    
  Merulina
53434
  Merulina ampliata
  Merulina scabricula
Fire Coral Millepora dichotoma
50881
Millepora exaesa
  Millepora murrayi    
Fire Coral Millepora platyphylla
50882
Fire Coral Millepora tenella
50884
  Montastraea annuligera
  Montastraea curta
53257
  Montipora caliculata    
  Montipora danae
  Montipora efflorescens
52971
  Montipora foveolata
52964
  Montipora grisea
  Montipora informis
52976
  Montipora monasteriata
52949
  Montipora nodosa
  Montipora peltiformis
  Montipora tuberculosa
52950
  Montipora turgescens
52957
  Montipora turtlensis
  Montipora venosa
52965
Rice Coral Montipora verrucosa
52962
  Mycedium elephantotus
  Oulophyllia
53327
  Oulophyllia crispa
  Palythoa sp
  Pavona cactus
53067
  Pavona clavus
53070
  Pavona decussata
53068
  Pavona divaricata
53078
  Pavona explanulata    
  Pavona frondifera    
  Pavona minuta
53071
Corrugated Coral Pavona varians
53072
  Pavona venosa
53073
  Platygyra contorta
  Platygyra daedalea
53318
  Platygyra pini
53321
  Platygyra sinensis
53320
Lace Coral    Pocillopora damicornis
53018
Antler Coral    Pocillopora eydouxi
53020
Cauliflower Coral    Pocillopora meandrina
53022
  Pocillopora verrucosa
53019
  Pocillopora woodjonesi
  Porites
53178
  Porites annae
53202
  Porites australiensis
53196
  Porites cylindrica
53190
  Porites lichen
53201
Lobe Coral    Porites lobata
53194
Porites lutea
53192
Porites nigrescens
53200
Plate-and-Pillar Coral    Porites rus
53188
  Porites solida
53193
  Psammocora contigua
52850
  Psammocora digitata    
  Psammocora profundacella
52856
  Sarcophyton sp.
  Sinularia sp.
  Stylocoeniella armata
52847
  Symphyllia recta
53516
  Turbinaria mesenterina
  Turbinaria peltata
  Turbinaria reniformis
53819
  Turbinaria stellulata
53820

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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