Coral Genus Identification Page 2

This is my attempt to make a search for a coral's ID just a bit easier by trying to at least get a start within a genus, once you have an idea of what group it may be within, you can then search that genus for possible specific species at the below link.

If you are going to have any chance at correctly identifying a coral, you will most likely have to have a skeletal sample of the coral in question. You will also need to become familiar with the termonology used to describe indentifying features. The following links go into such details and will be very helpfull to you if you read these articles. Taxonomy of Stony Corals Taxonomy of Stony Corals Part 2 Taxonomy of Corals Part 3
( soft corals, zooanthids)

LOBOPHYLLIA

MADRACIS

MANICINA

MEANDRINA

MERULINA

MICROMUSSA

MONTASTREA

MONTIGYRA

MONTIPORA

As with the Acropora species, it is all but impossible to ID this genus by photos alone, within just four species shown below, there is great variations, as well as those same variations being possible within a single species as well.