Family Name Listing

Order: Scleractinia, Family: Acroporidae
Stoney corals

Scientific Name	Samoan Name	Common Name	Photo	TSN	Park Status	Abundance	Residency	Nativity
Acropora sp.				52860	Present in Park	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora abrotanoides				52942	Present in Park at Tutuila and Vatia Bay	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora aculeus				52915	Present in Park at Ofu Lagoon	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora acuminata				52891	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora austera		Staghorn Coral		52898	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora azura				52916	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora caniculata					Present in Park at Ofu Lagoon	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora carduus				52926	Present in Park at Ofu Lagoon	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora clathrata				52921	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora complanata					Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora cophodactyla					Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora crateriformis				571773	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora cuneata				52873	Present in Park at Ofu and Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora cytherea		Table Coral		52907	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora danai				52884	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora delicatula				52945	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora digitifera				52864	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora divaricata				52922	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora donei				52904	Present in Park at Ofu Lagoon	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora elseyi		Bottlebrush Coral		52927	Present in Park at Ofu Lagoon	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora formosa				52890	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora gemmifera				52875	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora glauca				52882	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora cf. globiceps					Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora grandis				52889	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora granulosa					Probably Present in Park	Rare	Resident	Native
Acropora horrida				52895	Present in Park at Ofu Lagoon	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora humilis		Finger Staghorn Coral		52868	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora hyacinthus				52910	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora irregularis				52869	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora latistella				52912	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora listeri				52888	Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora lutkeni				52920	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora microclados				52908	Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora microphthalma				52893	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora monticulosa				52876	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora muricata					Present in Park at Ofu	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora nana				52914	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora nasuta		Branching Staghorn Coral		52870	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora nobilis				52886	Present in Park at Tutuila	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora ocellata				571792	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora palifera				52871	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora palmera				52885	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora paniculata		Fuzzy Table Coral		52909	Present in Park at Ofu and Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora polystoma				52887	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora pulchra				52900	Present in Park at Ofu Lagoon	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora retusa					Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora robusta				52883	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora samoensis				52877	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora secale				52919	Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora spicifera				52938	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora squarrosa				52941	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora subulata				571807	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora cf. subulata					Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora surculosa				52872	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora tenuis				52902	Present in Park at Ofu	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora valida		Bushy Staghorn Coral		52918	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega, and Tutuila	Common	Resident	Native
Acropora vaughani				52897	Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora verweyi				52880	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Acropora yongei		Yonge's Staghorn Coral		52906	Present in Park at Ofu Lagoon	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Astreopora cucullata					Probably present in Park	Rare		Native
Astreopora elliptica					Present in Park at Ofu and Olosega	Uncommon
Astreopora elliptica					Present in Park at Ofu and Olosega	Uncommon
Astreopora gracilis				52999	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Astreopora listera				52998	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Astreopora myriophthalma				52997	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Astreopora randalli					Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora aequituberculata				52978	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora berryi					Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora calcarea				52980	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora caliculata				52966	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora capitata		Rice Coral		572296	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora conicula					Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora corbettensis				52975	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora efflorescens				52971	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Common	Resident	Native
Montipora effusa				572301	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora ehrenbergii					Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora elshneri					Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora foliosa				52977	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora foveolata				52964	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora grisea				52973	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora hispida				52969	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora hoffmeisteri				52951	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora informis				52976	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora marshallensis					Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora millepora				52953	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora mollis				52954	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora monasteriata				52949	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora monticulosa					Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora nodosa				52972	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora peltiformis				52956	Present in Park at Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora socialis				52984	Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora tuberculosa				52950	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Common	Resident	Native
Montipora turgescens		Lumpy Rice Coral		52957	Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora turtlensis				52955	Present in Park	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora venosa				52965	Present in Park at Ofu and Tutuila	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora verrillii		Verrill's Ringed Rice Coral			Present in Park at Ofu	Uncommon	Resident	Native
Montipora verrucosa		Bracket Coral		52962	Present in Park at Ofu, Olosega	Uncommon	Resident	Native

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From: Park Species List   -   NPSpecies Summary Report
Generated: 09/29/2007 National Park of American Samoa  (Corals)

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