S. No. / Species / Sites / State/Abundance
Corals
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Family Acroporidae
Genus Acropora
1 / Acropora aspera Dana 1846 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1/A
2 / Acropora austera Dana 1846 /
HV, NE, CH /
2,3,4/A
3 / Acropora cerealis Dana 1846 /
HV, RS, CH /
2,4/A
4 / Acropora digitifera Dana 1846 / HV, RS, JB, CH /
2,4/R
5 / Acropora divaricata Dana 1846 / HV, RS, JB /
2,3/A
6 / Acropora gemmifera Brook 1892 / HV, NE, RS, CH /
2,4/A
7 / Acropora grandis Brook 1892 /
HV, RS, JB /
3,4/A
8 / Acropora humilis Dana 1846 /
NE, JB /
3/R
9 / Acropora hyacinthus Dana 1846 /
NE, CH /
2,4/R
10 / Acropora kimbeensis Wallace 1999 / HV, JB /
3,4/R
11 / Acropora latistella Brook 1891 / NE, RS, JB /
1,3/R
12 / Acropora lutkeni Crossland 1952 /
JB /
2,4/R
13 / Acropora microclados Ehrenberg 1834 /
NE, RS, JB /
3,4/A
14 / Acropora microphthalma Verrill 1869 /
HV, RS, JB /
3,4/A
15 / Acropora millepora Ehrenberg 1834 /
HV, NE, RS, JB /
1/A
16 / Acropora monticulosa Bruggemann 1879 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,3,4/A
17 / Acropora muricata Linnaeus 1758 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,3,4/A
18 / Acropora nasuta Dana 1846 / HV, RS /
3,4/A
19 / Acropora polystoma Brook 1891 /
JB /
1,2,3/R
20 / Acropora pulchra Brook 1891 /
HV, JB /
1,3/R
21 / Acropora robusta Dana 1846 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,4/A
22 / Acropora speciosa Quelch 1886 /
HV /
2,3,4/R
Genus Montipora
23 / Montipora aequituberculata Bernard 1897 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,2,4/A
24 / Montipora capitata Dana 1846 /
HV, NE, RS, JB /
2,3/A
25 / Montipora digitata Dana 1846 /
HV /
2,4/R
26 / Montipora foliosa Pallas 1766 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,4/A
27 / Montipora gaimardi Bernard 1897 /
NE, JB /
3/R
28 / Montipora hispida Dana 1846 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,4/A
29 / Montipora informis Bernard 1897 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,3,4/A
30 / Montipora peltiformis Bernard 1897 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,3/A
31 / Montipora undata
Bernard 1897 / HV / 3/R
Genus Isopora
32 / Isopora palifera
Lamarck 1816 / HV, NE, JB / 1,4/A
Family Agariciidae Genus Gardineroseris
33 / Gardineroseris planulata Dana 1846 /
NE, JB /
1,3/R
Genus Leptoseris
34 / Leptoseris explanata Yabe & Sugiyama 1941 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,4/A
35 / Leptoseris incrustans Quelch 1886 /
HV, NE, RS, JB /
3,4/A
36 / Leptoseris papyracea Dana 1846 /
NE, JB /
1/R
Genus Pachyseris
37 / Pachyseris gemmae Nemenzo 1955 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
3,4/A
38 / Pachyseris foliosa Veron 1990 /
HV, JB /
2,4/A
39 / Pachyseris speciosa Dana 1846 /
NE, CH /
1,3/R
Genus Pavona
40 / Pavona clavus Dana 1846 /
HV, NE, JB, CH /
2,4/A
41 / Pavona explanulata Lamarck 1816 / HV, NE /
1/A
42 / Pavona minuta Wells 1954 /
HV /
3,4/R
Family Dendrophylliidae
Genus Tubastraea
43 / Tubastraea coccinea Lesson 1829 /
HV, JB /
1/R
44 / Tubastraea diaphana Dana 1846 / HV, NE /
1,3/R
Family Euphyllidae
Genus Euphyllia
45 / Euphyllia glabrescens
Chamisso & Eyscenhardt 1821 / NE / 1/R
Family Faviidae
Genus Astrea
46 / Astrea annuligera Milne Edwards & Haime 1849 / HV, NE, JB /
1/R
47 / Astrea curta Dana 1846 / HV, CH / 1,3/R
Genus Diploastrea
48 / Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816 /
HV, NE, JB, CH /
2,4/A
Genus Diploria
49 / Diploria strigosa Dana 1848 /
NE, JB /
2,3,4/R
50 / Genus Dipsastraea
Dipsastraea laddi Wells 1954 / JB /
1/R
51 / Dipsastraea favus Forskal 1775 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1/A
52 / Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879 /
HV, JB /
1/R
53 / Dipsastraea lizardensis Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best 1977 / HV, NE, RS, JB / 1/A
54 / Dipsastraea matthaii
Vaughan 1918 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH / 1,3/A
55 / Dipsastraea pallida Dana 1846 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH / 2,4/A
56 / Dipsastraea truncates Veron 2000 /
NE, JB /
2,3,4/R
Genus Echinopora
57 / Echinopora fruticulosa Klunzinger 1879 /
NE, RS, JB /
2,4/A
58 / Echinopora horrida Dana 1846 /
NE, JB /
2,3,4/R
59 / Echinopora lamellosa Esper 1795 / HV /
2,4/R
Genus Favites
60 / Favites complanata Ehrenberg 1834 / HV, NE, JB /
1/A
61 / Favites flexuosa Dana 1846 /
JB, CH / 2,4/A
62 / Favites halicora Ehrenberg 1834 /
HV, NE, JB /
2,3,4/A
63 / Favites magnistellata
Chevalier 1971 / NE / 2,3/R
64 / Favites micropentagonus Veron 2000 /
HV /
2,4/R
65 / Favites pentagona Esper 1794 / NE, RS /
2,4/R
Genus Goniastrea
66 / Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,3,4/A
67 / Goniastrea favulus Dana 1846 / NE, JB /
3,4/R
68 / Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834 / HV, CH /
2,4/R
69 / Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,2,3/A
70 / Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846 /
NE, JB / 2,4/R
Genus Leptastrea
71 / Leptastrea purpurea Dana 1846 / RS, CH /
3,4/R
Genus Leptoria
72 / Leptoria irregularis Veron 1990 / HV, NE, JB, CH /
1,3/A
73 / Leptoria phrygia Ellis & Solander 1786 / HV, NE, JB /
2,3,4/A
Genus Oulophyllia
74 / Oulophyllia bennettae Veron & Pichon 1977 / NE, JB /
1/R
75 / Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816 / HV, NE, JB /
1/A
Genus Platygyra
76 / Platygyra acuta Veron 2000 / NE, JB /
1/R
77 / Platygyra crosslandi Matthai 1928 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,4/A
78 / Platygyra daedalea Ellis & Solander 1786 / NE, JB /
1,3/A
79 / Platygyra lamellina Ehrenberg 1834 / HV, NE, JB, CH /
1/A
80 / Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975 / NE, JB /
1,4/R
81 / Platygyra sinensis Milne Edwards & Haime 1849 / HV, NE, JB /
1,2,4/A
Family Fungiidae
Genus Ctenactis
82 / Ctenactis crassa Dana 1846 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1/A
83 / Ctenactis echinata Pallas 1766 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1/A
Genus Cycloseris
84 / Cycloseris curvata Hoeksema 1989 / NE, JB, CH /
1,2,4/R
85 / Cycloseris tenuis Dana 1846 / JB /
1/R
Genus Danafungia
86 / Danafungia scruposa Klunzinger 1879 / HV, NE, JB /
1,2,4/A
Genus Fungia
87 / Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758 / HV, NE, JB /
1/A
Genus Halomitra
88 / Halomitra pileus Linnaeus 1758 / JB, CH /
1,4/R
Genus Herpolitha
89 / Herpolitha limax Esper 1797 / HV, NE, JB /
1/A
Genus Lithophyllon
90 / Lithophyllon concinna Verrill 1864 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,3/A
91 / Lithophyllon repanda Dana 1846 / HV, RS /
1/R
92 / Lithophyllon scabra Doderlein 1901 / NE, JB /
1,4/R
Genus Lobactis
93 / Lobactis scutaria Lamarck 1801 / HV, NE /
1,2,4/A
Genus Pleuractis
94 / Pleuractis granulosa Klunzinger 1879 / NE /
1,4/R
95 / Pleuractis paumotensis Stutchbury 1833 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1/A
Genus Sandalolitha
96 / Sandalolitha robusta Quelch 1886 / HV /
1/R
Family Merulinidae
Genus Hydnophora
97 / Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766 / NE, JB /
2,4/R
98 / Hydnophora grandis Gardiner 1904 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
2,3,4/A
99 / Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816 / HV, NE, JB /
2,4/A
Genus Merulina
100 / Merulina ampliata Ellis & Solander 1786 / HV, NE, JB /
1/R
Family Milleporidae
Genus Millepora
101 / Millepora dichotoma Forsskal 1775 / HV /
2,4/R
102 / Millepora exaesa Forsskal 1775 / HV, NE, JB, CH /
1,2,4/A
103 / Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg 1834 / NE, JB /
3,4/R
Family Mussidae
Genus Lobophyllia
104 / Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834 / HV, JB /
1,2,4/A
Genus Symphyllia
105 / Symphyllia agaricia Milne Edwards & Haime 1849 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,4/A
106 / Symphyllia hassi Pillai & Scheer 1976 / NE, JB, CH /
1,2,4/A
107 / Symphyllia radians Milne Edwards & Haime 1849 /
JB /
1/R
Family Oculinidae Genus Galaxea
108 / Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816 / NE, JB /
1,4/R
109 / Galaxea cryptoramosa Fenner & Veron 2000 / NE, JB /
1/R
110 / Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,2,4/A
Family Pectiniidae Genus Echinophyllia
111 / Echinophyllia aspera Ellis & Solander 1786 / HV, NE, JB /
2,4/A
Genus Oxypora
112 / Oxypora crassispinosa Nemenzo 1980 / NE /
1/R
113 / Oxypora lacera Verrill 1864 / HV, NE /
1/R
Genus Pectinia
114 / Pectinia lactuca Pallas 1766 / NE, JB /
1,4/R
115 / Pectinia paeonia Dana 1846 / HV /
1,2,4/R
116 / Pectinia teres Nemenzo & Montecillo 1981 / NE /
1/R
Family Poritidae
Genus Goniopora
117 / Goniopora columna Dana 1846 / HV, JB /
1,3/R
118 / Goniopora pedunculata Quoy & Gaimard 1833 / NE, JB /
1/R
Genus Porites
119 / Porites annae Crossland 1952 / NE, RS /
1,2,4/R
120 / Porites cylindrica Dana 1846 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,4/A
121 / Porites heronensis Veron 1985 / NE, JB /
1,4/R
122 / Porites lichen Dana 1846 / NE / 2,4/R
123 / Porites lobata Dana 1846 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,4/A
124 / Porites lutea Quoy & Gaimard 1833 / NE, JB /
1/R
125 / Porites monticulosa Dana 1846 / HV, NE, JB, CH /
1,2,4/A
126 / Porites solida Forsskål 1775 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,4/A
127 / Porites vaughani Crossland 1952 / HV, CH /
1,3/R
Family Pocilloporidae Genus Pocillopora
128 / Pocillopora damicornis Linnaeus 1758 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1/A
129 / Pocillopora elegans Dana 1846 / HV, JB /
1,2,4/R
130 / Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846 / RS, CH /
1,3/R
Genus Seriatopora
131 / Seriatopora aculeata Quelch 1886 / CH /
1,3/R
132 / Seriatopora hystrix Dana 1846 / HV, CH /
1,4/R
133 / Seriatopora stellata Quelch 1886 / HV, JB /
1,4/R
Genus Stylophora
134 / Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1,2,4/A
Family Siderasteridae
Genus Psammocora
135 / Psammocora contigua Esper 1794 / NE, RS, JB, CH /
1/A
S. No. / Species /
Sites / State/Abundance
Algae*
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Chlorophyta
Family Bryopsidaceae
Genus Bryopsis
1 / Bryopsis plumosa (Hudson) C. Agardh 1823 /
HV, RS, CH /
4,FL/A
2 / Family Caulerpaceae
Genus Caulerpa
Caulerpa filicoides Yamada 1936 /
HV, RS, CH / FL/A
3 / Caulerpa mexicana Sonder ex Kützing 1849 /
JB, CH /
FL/A
4 / Caulerpa nummularia Harvey ex J. Agardh 1873 /
NE, CH /
2,FL/A
5 / Caulerpa racemosa (Forsskål) J. Agardh 1873 /
RS, CH /
2,4,FL/A
6 / Caulerpa serrulata Agardh 1837 /
HV, CH /
4,FL/A
Family Cladophoraceae
Genus Chaetomorpha
7 / Chaetomorpha linum (O.F. Müller) Kützing 1845
Genus Cladophora /
HV, RS, CH /
4,FL/R
8 / Cladophora saracenica Børgesen 1935 /
NE, CH /
FL/R
Family Codiaceae
Genus Codium
9 / Codium coralloides Silva 1960 / CH /
4,FL/R
10 / Codium taitense Setchell 1926 / HV, RS, CH /
FL/A
Family Dasycladaceae
Genus Bornetella
11 / Bornetella nitida Sonder 1880
Genus Neomeris / NE, CH /
3,4,FL/R
12 / Neomeris annulata Dickie 1874 / HV, NE, RS, CH /
1,4,FL/R
Family Dichotomosiphonaceae
Genus Avrainvillea
13 / Avrainvillea erecta (Berkeley) A. Gepp & E.S. Gepp 1911 /
CH /
1,4/R
Family Halimedaceae
Genus Halimeda
14 / Halimeda distorta (Yamado) Hillis-Colinvaux 1968 /
NE, JB, CH /
2,3/R
15 / Halimeda hederacea Hillis-Colinvaux 1968 / HV, NE, JB /
2,3/R
16 / Halimeda macroloba Decaisne 1841 / HV, JB, CH /
2/A
17 / Halimeda opuntia (Linnaeus) J.V. Lamouroux 1816 /
HV, NE, JB, CH /
2/A
Family Polyphysaceae
Genus Acetabularia
18 / Acetabularia caliculus Lamouroux 1824 / NE, CH /
FL/R
19 / Acetabularia crenulata Lamouroux 1816 / HV, NE, CH /
4,FL/R
Family Siphonocladaceae
Genus Boergesenia
20 / Boergesenia forbesii (Harvey) Feldmann 1938
Genus Dictyosphaeria / HV, RS, CH /
4/R
21 / Dictyosphaeria cavernosa (Forsskål) Børgesen 1932 / NE, JB, CH /
4,FL/R
Family Ulvaceae
Genus Enteromorpha
22 / Enteromorpha constricta (J. Agardh) Saifullah & Nizamuddin 1977
Genus Ulva /
HV, NE, RS, CH /
4,FL/A
23 / Ulva compressa Linnaeus 1753 / HV, RS, CH /
FL/A
24
25 / Ulva flexuosa Wulfen 1803
Ulva lactuca Linnaeus / HV, NE, RS, CH /
4,FL/R
1753 / HV, NE, RS, JB, CH / FL/A
26 / Ulva reticulata Forsskål 1775 / HV, NE, CH /
FL/R
Phylum Rhodophyta
Family Corallinaceae
Genus Amphiroa
27 / Amphiroa anastomosans Weber-van Bosse 1904 / HV, NE, JB, CH /
1,3,FL/A
28 / Amphiroa anceps (Lamarck) Decaisne 1842 /
HV, NE, RS, JB, CH /
1, 3, 4/A
29 / Amphiroa foliacea f. erecta Weber-van Bosse 1904
Genus Corallina / HV, NE, JB /
1,3/R
30 / Corallina officinalis Linnaeus 1758 / HV, NE, JB /
1,4/R
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34 / Corallina pilulifera Postels & Ruprecht 1840
Genus Hydrolithon
Hydrolithon craspedium (Foslie) P. C. Silva
1996
Hydrolithon onkodes (Heydrich) Penrose & Woelkerling 1992
Hydrolithon reinboldii (Weber van-Bosse & Foslie) Foslie 1909
Genus Jania / HV, JB
NE, JB
NE, JB
HV, NE, JB /
4,FL/R
2,3,4/A
2,3/R
1,2,3/A
35 / Jania adhaerens Lamouroux 1816 / NE, JB /