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Tube Coral
Tube Coral

Cladocora arbuscula

Ivory Tube Coral

Cladocora arbuscula forms branching, tree-like colonies that look like tiny unde...

Caespitose Tube Coral
Caespitose Tube Coral

Cladocora caespitosa

Ivory Tube Coral

This species grows in dense, cushion-like patches made of many small tubes. Unde...

Thin Tube Coral
Thin Tube Coral

Cladocora debilis

Ivory Tube Coral

Divers may notice this coral as delicate, tube-like structures that form small,...

Wrinkle Coral
Wrinkle Coral

Coscinaraea crassa

Finger Coral

Wrinkle Coral often appears as a thick, bumpy mound with a wrinkled surface that...

Wrinkle Coral
Wrinkle Coral

Coscinaraea hahazimaensis

Finger Coral

This species typically shows up as a compact, textured coral with pronounced rid...

Wrinkle Coral
Wrinkle Coral

Coscinaraea marshae

Finger Coral

Wrinkle Coral forms low, bumpy mounds or plates with a distinctly textured, wrin...

Wrinkle Coral
Wrinkle Coral

Coscinaraea mcneilli

Finger Coral

This coral is recognizable by its tightly folded, wrinkled look, giving it a rug...

Wrinkle Coral
Wrinkle Coral

Coscinaraea monile

Finger Coral

Wrinkle Coral typically grows in thick, irregular formations where the surface a...

Double-star Coral
Double-star Coral

Diploastrea heliopora

Moon Coral

Double-star Coral gets its name from the star-like pattern formed by its coralli...

Golf Ball Coral
Golf Ball Coral

Favia fragum

Closed Brain Coral

Divers often notice this coral as a cluster of rounded, “golf ball” like bumps t...

Knob Coral
Knob Coral

Favia gravida

Closed Brain Coral

Knob Coral forms thick, bumpy mounds with distinct raised corallites that give i...

Common Rose Coral
Common Rose Coral

Manicina areolata

Rose Coral

Common Rose Coral is a striking, plate-like or mound-forming coral with a maze o...

Rough Star Coral
Rough Star Coral

Isophyllia rigida

Brain Coral

Rough Star Coral forms sturdy, star-like mounds with thick, textured surfaces th...

Rose Coral
Rose Coral

Isophyllia sinuosa

Brain Coral

Rose Coral is known for its graceful, flowing contours and a soft, rose-tinted l...

Large Flower Coral
Large Flower Coral

Mussa angulosa

Flower Coral

Large Flower Coral gets its name from the way its polyps can resemble clustered...

Atlantic Mushroom Coral
Atlantic Mushroom Coral

Scolymia lacera

Artichoke Coral

Divers often spot this coral as a fleshy, mushroom-like mound with a broad, text...

Solitary Disk Coral
Solitary Disk Coral

Scolymia wellsii

Artichoke Coral

This coral looks like a single, thick disk or low mound anchored to the seafloor...

Mushroom Coral
Mushroom Coral

Fungia puishani

Mushroom Coral

Divers often spot this solitary coral as a fleshy, mushroom-like disc resting on...

Bowl Coral
Bowl Coral

Halomitra clavator

Bonnet Coral

This coral typically forms a low, bowl-shaped structure that sits on the substra...

Bowl Coral
Bowl Coral

Halomitra pileus

Bonnet Coral

Halomitra pileus is another bowl-forming coral, often appearing as a rounded, cu...

Bracket Coral
Bracket Coral

Podabacia crustacea

Plate Coral

Bracket Coral forms sturdy, shelf-like growths that can look like small ledges o...

Bracket Coral
Bracket Coral

Podabacia motuporensis

Plate Coral

This bracket-forming coral grows as thick, projecting plates that can resemble l...

Joker's Boomerang Coral
Joker's Boomerang Coral

Polyphyllia novaehiberniae

Mole Coral

Divers often spot this coral as a series of bold, boomerang-shaped ridges that f...

Joker's Boomerang Coral
Joker's Boomerang Coral

Polyphyllia talpina

Mole Coral

This species is known for its distinctive, boomerang-like corallite patterns tha...