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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ***Boat Chick*** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6138) on Friday, July 25, 2008 - 4:55 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Read this in the Bonaire Insider

Free Coral Reef ID Cards

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Denise K (Extraordinary BonaireTalker - Post #2016) on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 7:47 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

thanks ...

I wish they included common names as well as the scientific names, maybe when I find time I can google the scientific name to get the common name too.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mel Briscoe (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #245) on Saturday, July 26, 2008 - 4:12 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Yeah, well, you'll find several different common names for a number of them. That's the problem with common names!

For an even better ID listing of corals (and sponges) see http://coralpedia.bio.warwick.ac.uk/. But it does not provide nice print-outs.

Common/scientific names can be found in the last five pages of Reef Coral Identification by Humann and Deloach. See also: http://stason.org/TULARC/animals/aquaria/reefkeeper/5-1-Common-to-Scientific-Name-Cross-Reference.html and http://www8.nos.noaa.gov/biogeo_public/habitat_photos.aspx.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Chet Wood (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #815) on Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 6:20 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Here's what I could find:
1
Acropora palmato > > > > Elkhorn
Acropora cervicornis > > Staghorn
Acropora prolifera > > > Fused Staghorn
Porites poritis > > > > > Finger
Porites furcata > > > > > Branched Finger
Porites divaricata > > > Thin Finger
2
Cladocora arbuscula > > >Tube
Madracis mirabilis > > > Yellow Pencil
Madracis Formosa > > > > Eight-ray Finger
Madracis decactis > > > > Ten-ray Star
Oculina diffusa > > > > > Diffuse Ivory Bush
Oculina valenciennesi > > Ivory Tree
3
Eusmilia fastigiata > > > Smooth Flower
Mussa angulosa > > > > > Spiny Flower
Montastraea annularis > > Boulder Star
Dendrogyra cylindrus > > Pillar
Scolymia cubensis > > > > Artichoke
Scolymia lacera > > > > > Atlantic Mushroom
4
Montastraea cavernosa > > Great Star
Diploria clivosa > > > > Knobby Brain
Diploria labyrinthiformis > Grooved Brain
Diploria strigosa > > > > Symmetrical Brain
Colpophyllia natans > > Boulder Brain
Colpophyllia amaranthus > Amaranth
5
Montastraea faveolata > > Mountainous Star
Montasraea franksi > > > Franks’s Boulder Star
Siderastrea sidereal > > Massive Starlet
Siderastrea stellata > > Brazilian Starlet
Siderastrea radians > > > Lesser Starlet
Stephanocoenia intersepta > Blushing Star
6
Madracis pharensis > > > Star
Madracis senaria > > > > Six-ray Star
Dichocoenia stokesi > > > Elliptical Star
Dichocoenia stellaris > > Pancake Star
Porites “branneri” > > > Blue Crust
Porites astreoides > > > Mustard Hill
7
Porites colonensis > > > Honeycomb Plate
Solenastrea bournoni > > Smooth Star
Manicina aerolata > > > > Rose
Manicina mayori > > > > > Tortugas Rose
Isophyllastrea rigida > > Rough Star
Favia fragum > > > > > > Golfball
8
Isophyllia sinuosa > > > Sinuous Cactus
Isophyllia multiflora > > Lesser Cactus
Meandrina meandrites > > Maze
Meandrina memorialis > >
Meandrina “brasiliensis” > Brazilian Rose
Undaria agaricites > >
9
Undaria humilis > >
Undaria purpurea > >
Undaria tenuifolia > >
Undaria carinata > >
Undaria danai > >
Helioceris cucullata > > Sunray Lettuce
10
Agaricia undata > > > > > Scroll
Agaricia fragilis > > > > Fragile Saucer
Agaricia Lamarcki > > > > Lamarck’s Sheet
Agaricia grahamae > >
Mycetophyllia ferox > > > Rough Cactus
Mycetophyllia aliciae > > Knobby Cactus
11
Mycetophyllia danaana > > Lowridge Cactus
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana > Ridged Cactus
Mycetophyllia ressi > > > Ridgeless Cactus
Millepora alcicornis > > Branching Fire
Millepora complanata > > Blade Fire
Millepora squarrosa > > > Box Fire

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Tribs, at home. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6524) on Monday, July 28, 2008 - 10:34 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Thanks BC and Chet! You are both wonderful resources! :-)

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Yo MO - Meet me at the 3Day in Atlanta (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3912) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 10:00 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

And I thought the title was Fire Coral Reef ID Cards - DANG I think I need glasses...or a really long vacation

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By ***Boat Chick*** (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6162) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 10:25 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

LOL yOmO...it takes a LONG time to recover from a BVI vaca...doesn't it!

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Yo MO - Meet me at the 3Day in Atlanta (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3915) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 10:29 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Especially when all you want to do is go back.

 


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