Coral Field Guide
What are the twenty coral species commonly found in Hong Kong Marine Parks?
Classification of corals?
Selected twenty hard coral (reef-building) species commonly recorded from marine parks in Hong Kong
| Species No. | Family | Genus | Species |
| 1 | Acroporidae | Acropora | digitifera |
| 2 | Acropora | pruniosa | |
| 3 | Montipora | peltiformis | |
| 4 | Oculinidae | Galaxea | fascicularis |
| 5 | Agariciidae | Pavona | decussata |
| 6 | Fungiidae | Lithophyllon | undulatum |
| 7 | Pectiniidae | Echinophyllia | aspera |
| 8 | Merulinidae | Hyndophora | exesa |
| 9 | Dendrophylliidae | Turbinaria | peltata |
| 10 | Merulinidae | Dipsastraea | rotumana |
| 11 | maritima | ||
| 12 | Favites | pentagona | |
| 13 | abdita | ||
| 14 | flexuosa | ||
| 15 | Platygyra | carnosus | |
| 16 | Scleractinia incertae sedis | Leptastrea | purpure |
| 17 | Merulinidae | Cyphastrea | serailia |
| 18 | Poritidae | Porites | lutea |
| 19 | aranetai | ||
| 20 | Goniopora | columna |