| Show corals in Africa with profiles available. | |
| Show all corals, jellyfish, and sea anemones of concern in Africa. |
| Common Name | Range *** |
|---|---|
| Acropora Coral (40) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Gulf of Mexico, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
| Alveopora spp. (6) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Astreopora spp. (2) | Africa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Birdsnest Coral | Africa |
| Blastomussa wellsi | Africa |
| Blue Coral | Africa |
| Bracket Coral | Africa |
| Broad Sea Fan | Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara |
| Bubble Coral (1) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Austria, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Cat's Eye Cynarina Coral | Africa |
| Caulastrea spp. (2) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Cauliflower Coral (4) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, North America, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
| Closed Brain Coral | Africa |
| Crisp Pillow Coral | Africa |
| Crust Coral (4) | Africa |
| Ctenella chagius | British Indian Ocean Territory, Mauritius, Reunion |
| Cyphastrea hexasepta | Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan |
| Diploastrea Brain Coral | Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
| Echinopora spp. (4) | Africa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Elegance Coral | Africa |
| Erythrastrea flabellata | Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan |
| False Flower Coral (2) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| False Pillow Coral | Africa |
| Fungia curvata | Africa |
| Fungia fungites | Africa |
| Fungia seychellensis | Africa |
| Goniastrea spp. (7) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceanic |
| Goniopora spp. (8) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceanic |
| Grape Coral | Africa |
| Green Torch Coral | Africa |
| Hood Coral | Madagascar |
| Horastrea indica | Indian Ocean (Comoros), Indian Ocean (Reunion), Indian Ocean (Seychelles), Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
| Hydnophora Coral (2) | Africa, Asia |
| Isopora spp. (4) | Africa, Asia |
| Knob Coral (12) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Oceanic |
| Least Valley Coral | Africa |
| Leptoseris spp. (2) | Africa, Asia, Australia |
| Micromussa-Super Red | Africa |
| Millepora spp. (1) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, North America, Oceanic, South America |
| Montastrea spp. (5) | Africa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Montipora spp. (23) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, North America (Hawaii/US Territory), Oceanic, South America |
| Moon Coral (13) | Africa |
| Octopus Coral (2) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceanic |
| Open Brain Coral | Africa |
| Orange Button Coral | Africa |
| Organ Pipe Coral | Africa |
| Oulophyllia spp. (2) | Africa |
| Pachyseris spp. (1) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Oceanic |
| Parasimplastrea sheppardi | Djibouti, Indian Ocean (Reunion), Mauritius, Somalia |
| Pavona spp. (6) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Pearl Bubble Coral | Africa |
| Pectinia spp. (2) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Platygyra spp. (5) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceanic |
| Plesiastrea devantieri | Djibouti, Eritrea, Indian Ocean (Comoros), Kenya, Madagascar, Mayotte, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
| Porites spp. (9) | Africa, American Samoa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Mexico, Middle East, North America (Hawaii/US Territory), Oceanic, South America |
| Poritipora paliformis | Africa |
| Psammocora spp. (4) | Africa, Asia, Australia, Oceanic, United States/US Territory |
| Seriatopora aculeata | Madagascar |
| Smooth Cauliflower Coral | Africa |
| Starry Cup Coral (10) | Africa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceans |
| Stylophora wellsi | Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Madagascar, Somalia, Sudan |
| Symphyllia hassi | Africa |
| Turbinaria Coral (4) | Africa, Asia, Australia, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
| Wrinkle Coral | Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Indian Ocean |
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