|
| |
Family
Acroporidae
Table
Corals
|
Table
corals compose the most common and diverse group in the Indo-Pacific region but
are extremely rare in Hawaii. Acropora are found off Mana, Kaua'i, French
Frigate Shoals, Gardner Pinnacles, and Maro Reef. FFS appears to be the
center of the Hawaiian population and is likely due to larval settlement from
Johnston Atoll, 400 miles to the southwest.
|
NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Acropora cytherea
Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals, NWHI
70 feet |
Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals, NWHI
70 feet |
Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals, NWHI
70 feet |
Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals, NWHI
70 feet |
|
|
|
|
| Most common species of Table coral at French Frigate Shoals and Maro
Reef. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific. |

Acropora
paniculata
Rapture Reef, French Frigate Shoals, NWHI
70 feet |
|
|
|
|
The most common Acropora
in the NWHI. Forms large tables at least six feet across. NWHI &
the Indo-Pacific.
|

Acropora gemmifera
Gardner Pinnacles, NWHI, 30 feet |
|
|
|
| Uncommon in areas
exposed to surge in the NWHI. Very common in shallow water throughout the
Indo-Pacific. |
Acropora
valida
French Frigate Shoals, NWHI, 30 feet |
|
|
|
| Uncommon in shallow
water in the NWHI. Indo-Pacific. |
INDO-PACIFIC
Acropora millepora
Wakatobi, Indonesia, 30 feet
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uncommon thoughout the Indo-Pacific. |

|