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Sheppard CRC. (1987). Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns. Atoll Research Bulletin. 307: 1-32.
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Sheppard CRC
1987
Coral species of the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas: a synonymised compilation and some regional distribution patterns
Atoll Research Bulletin
307: 1-32
Publication
A list is provided of hermatypic coral species from 24 locations in the Indian Ocean and its peripheral seas and gulfs. Six sites are newly reported or expanded accounts, and eighteen are derived from recent literature. This is intended : (1) to provide in one place, a uniform compilation of coral species from different areas and from many diverse accounts; (2) to apply synonyms to all sites in a consistent way for the first time, so that ; (3) regional analysis at species level is possible. Synonyms are taken mainly from two recent taxonomic series, but because species stability is poor in some genera and authors may differ in their views on synonymy, all names are shown. The sources of data were selected to reduce problems inherent in using diverse material, and many sources themselves include compilations and synonyms of much older works. From 796 entities initially obtained, the removal of synonyms and entries named "spp" leaves 439 species. Further reduction is probably needed. Species rich sites extend across the Indian Ocean, with no westerly decline from South east Asia; the Red Sea as a whole contains the most species. Cluster analysis shows geographical groupings in the Arabian Gulf/Arabian Sea area, in the Red Sea and in the southwest and central Indian Ocean island areas. Of these, the Arabian Group is the most separate. A second analysis corrected for diversity differences also shows three clear groups: a northern one from the Red Sea to Sri Lanka which includes the Arabian group; a large southern or equatorial region; and a group consisting of the Mergui, Nicobar and Andaman islands in the Bay of Bengal.
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 Authority
 for Acropora baeodactyla (Brook, 1892)

Authority given as (Bruggeman) in Fauré (1977). [details]
 Authority
 for Porites danai Studer, 1901

Authority given as Edwards & Haime, 1851 in Best et al. (1980). [details]
 Description
 for Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)

Also distributed in Australia in Kalk (1958). Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details]
 Description
 for Acropora eurystoma (Klunzinger, 1879)

Colonies are small and bushy, usually 40 cm across, very rarely with a tendency to develop small plates or ... [details]
 Description
 for Acropora grandis (Brook, 1892)

Colonies are arborescent, usually staghorn-like. Radial corallites are of mixed sizes and shapes. Those near branch ... [details]
 Description
 for Acropora granulosa (Milne Edwards, 1860)

Colonies are usually less than 30 cm across and high, with bushy form, and only a limited tendency towards ... [details]
 Description
 for Acropora palmerae Wells, 1954

Colonies are encrusting with or without short irregularly shaped branches. Radial corallites are mostly rasp-like ... [details]
 Description
 for Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace, 1984

Colonies are arborescent or prostrate or form caespito-corymbose bushes. Branches are up to 20 mm thick. Radial ... [details]
 Description
 for Alveopora fenestrata (Lamarck, 1816)

Colonies are generally hemispherical with the surface divided into lobes. Corallites are 2.1-3 mm in diameter and ... [details]
 Description
 for Astreopora ocellata Bernard, 1896

Colonies are dome-shaped or flat. Corallites are compact, large, with wide calices. Small corallites usually occur ... [details]
 Description
 for Euphyllia ancora Veron & Pichon, 1980

Colonies are phacelo-meandroid with exsert septa which plunge near the valley centre. Polyps have tubular tentacles ... [details]
 Description
 for Fungia danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851

Corals are circular, up to 300 mm in diameter, not heavily calcified. Septal teeth are very prominent. Costae are ... [details]
 Description
 for Goniopora minor Crossland, 1952

Colonies are hemispherical or encrusting. Calices are 2.5-4 mm in diameter, circular in outline, with thick walls. ... [details]
 Description
 for Goniopora tenuidens (Quelch, 1886)

Colonies are massive, hemispherical or irregular. Calices are 2.5-3.1 mm in diameter. They have six very prominent ... [details]
 Description
 for Leptoseris gardineri van der Horst, 1921

Colonies are horizontal, unifacial, subdividing fronds. Corallites are aligned on the centre of narrow parts of ... [details]
 Description
 for Montipora culiculata Bernard

Colonies are massive. Corallites are a mixture of immersed and funnel -shaped, the latter usually being irregular. ... [details]
 Description
 for Montipora millepora Crossland, 1952

Colonies are massive or encrusting. Corallites are very small, immersed. The reticulum has tuberculae which seldom ... [details]
 Description
 for Montipora venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Coralla are massive. Corallites are a mixture: some slightly exsert, others funnel-shaped. Tuberculae and papillae ... [details]
 Description
 for Porites murrayensis Vaughan, 1918

Colonies are hemispherical or spherical, up to 200 mm in diameter. Colour: usually cream or brown, but may be ... [details]
 Description
 for Siderastrea savignyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Colonies usually small, low mounds or encrustations up to about 20 cm diameter. Calices polygonal, about 3 mm ... [details]
 Description
 for Symphyllia valenciennesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Colonies are usually flat. Valleys radiate from a central area and have steep sides and flat floors. Valleys are ... [details]
 Habitat
 for Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892)

rocks (Kalk, 1959). [details]
 Habitat
 for Montipora ramosa Bernard, 1897

rocks (Kalk, 1959). [details]
 Habitat
 for Pavona frondifera (Lamarck, 1816)

rocks (Kalk, 1959). [details]
 Habitat
 for Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

rocks (Kalk, 1959). [details]
 Nomenclature
 for Plesiastrea mammillosa (Klunzinger, 1879)

Orbicella mammillosa Klunzinger, 1979 is actually a synonym of Echinopora gemmacea (Lamarck, 1816) [details]
 Remark
 for Acropora alces (Dana, 1846)

Authority given as (Brook) in Fauré (1977). [details]
 Remark
 for Acropora conferta (Quelch, 1886)

Authority given as (Quelch) in Fauré (1977). [details]
 Remark
 for Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Linnaeus as author in Kalk (1958). [details]
 Remark
 for Acropora seriata (Ehrenberg, 1834)

Authority given as (Ehrenberg) in Fauré (1977). A. serrata in Kalk (1958). [details]
 Remark
 for Pocillopora favosa Ehrenberg, 1834

In family 'Seriatoporidae' in Kalk (1958). [details]
 Spelling
 for Acropora concinna (Brook, 1891)

Spelled A. conccina in Fauré (1977). [details]
 Spelling
 for Acropora rousseauii (Milne Edwards, 1860)

Correctly spelled A. rousseaui in Fauré (1977). [details]
 Spelling
 for Acropora stigmataria (Milne Edwards, 1860)

Spelled A. stigmataria in Fauré (1977). [details]
 Spelling
 for Acropora syringodes (Brook, 1892)

Spelled A. syringodes in Fauré (1977). [details]
 Spelling
 for Acropora tuberculosa (Milne Edwards, 1860)

Spelled A. tuburculosa in Sheppard (1998). [details]
 Spelling
 for Favites virens (Dana, 1846)

Spelled F. vivens in Faure (1977). [details]
 Spelling
 for Goniopora savignyi Dana, 1846

Spelled G. savigni and authority given as Edwards & Haime, 1851 in Best et al., 1980. [details]
 Spelling
 for Montipora divaricata Brüggemann, 1879

Spelled M. divericata in Sheppard (1987). [details]
 Spelling
 for Montipora lanuginosa Bernard, 1897

Spelled M. lanuginosa in Fauré (1977). [details]
 Spelling
 for Pachyseris levicollis (Dana, 1846)

spelled P. laevicollis in Faure, G. (1977) . [details]
 Spelling
 for Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

Siderastraea sideraea in Kalk (1959). [details]
 Synonymy
 for Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892)

Listed as synonym of A. cytherea in Sheppard (1987). Fauré (1977) lists A. arcuata and A. cytherea as synonyms of ... [details]

 Type locality
 for Acropora grandis (Brook, 1892)

Palm Island, Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Acropora granulosa (Milne Edwards, 1860)

Bourbon Island (Veron, 1986. [details]
 Type locality
 for Acropora palmerae Wells, 1954

Marshall Islands (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Acropora yongei Veron & Wallace, 1984

Britomart Reef, Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Alveopora fenestrata (Lamarck, 1816)

"Southern Ocean" (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Astreopora ocellata Bernard, 1896

Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986) [details]
 Type locality
 for Euphyllia ancora Veron & Pichon, 1980

Jewell Reef, Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Goniopora minor Crossland, 1952

Low Islands, Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Goniopora tenuidens (Quelch, 1886)

The Philippines (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Leptoseris gardineri van der Horst, 1921

Indonesia (Veron, 1986) [details]
 Type locality
 for Montipora culiculata Bernard

Fiji (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Montipora millepora Crossland, 1952

Great Barrier Reef (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Montipora venosa (Ehrenberg, 1834)

unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Porites murrayensis Vaughan, 1918

Murray Islands, Torres Strait (Veron, 1986). [details]
 Type locality
 for Symphyllia valenciennesii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Singapore (Veron, 1986). [details]
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