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Family: Oculinidae (See list of species below)

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32 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acrhelia horrescens []	No picture found Bathelia candida []	No picture found Cyathelia axillaris []
Galaxea acrhelia [Stony hard coral]	No picture found Galaxea alta []	Galaxea astreata [Octopus coral]
Galaxea cryptoramosa []	Galaxea fascicularis [Galaxy coral]	Galaxea horrescens [Hard coral]
Galaxea longisepta []	No picture found Galaxea paucisepta []	No picture found Madrepora arbuscula []
No picture found Madrepora carolina [Pourtalès fan coral]	No picture found Madrepora kauaiensis []	No picture found Madrepora minutiseptum []
Madrepora oculata [Madrepora coral]	No picture found Madrepora porcellana []	No picture found Oculina arbuscula [Compact ivory bush coral]
Oculina diffusa [Diffuse ivory bush coral]	Oculina patagonica []	No picture found Oculina profunda []
Oculina robusta [Robust ivory tree coral]	No picture found Oculina tenella [Delicate ivory bush coral]	No picture found Oculina valenciennesi [Ivory tree coral]
Oculina varicosa [Fused ivory tree coral]	No picture found Oculina virgosa []	No picture found Petrophyllia rediviva []
No picture found Schizoculina africana []	Schizoculina fissipara []	No picture found Sclerhelia dubia []
No picture found Sclerhelia hirtella []	Simplastrea vesicularis []

32 Species of Family Oculinidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acrhelia horrescens		Western Central Pacific.
Bathelia candida		Southeast Pacific and Sou
Cyathelia axillaris		Indo-West Pacific.
Galaxea acrhelia	Stony hard coral	Indo-West Pacific.
Galaxea alta		Western Central Pacific
Galaxea astreata	Octopus coral	Indo-West Pacific
Galaxea cryptoramosa		Western Central Pacific
Galaxea fascicularis	Galaxy coral	Indo-Pacific	500 COLD
Galaxea horrescens	Hard coral	Indo-Pacific
Galaxea longisepta		Western Central Pacific.	0.4 CORD
Galaxea paucisepta		Indo-West Pacific
Madrepora arbuscula		Western Pacific.
Madrepora carolina	Pourtalès fan coral	Western Atlantic
Madrepora kauaiensis		Eastern Central Pacific
Madrepora minutiseptum		Western Pacific.
Madrepora oculata	Madrepora coral	Cosmopolitan.
Madrepora porcellana		Western Central Pacific.
Oculina arbuscula	Compact ivory bush coral	Western Atlantic
Oculina diffusa	Diffuse ivory bush coral	Western Atlantic	0.5 CORD
Oculina patagonica		Atlantic and the Mediterr
Oculina profunda		Eastern Pacific
Oculina robusta	Robust ivory tree coral	Western Central Atlantic
Oculina tenella	Delicate ivory bush coral	Western Atlantic
Oculina valenciennesi	Ivory tree coral	Western Central Atlantic	0.4 CORD
Oculina varicosa	Fused ivory tree coral	Western Central Atlantic
Oculina virgosa		Indo-Pacific
Petrophyllia rediviva		Western Central Pacific
Schizoculina africana		Eastern Central Atlantic
Schizoculina fissipara		Eastern Central Atlantic	100 COLD
Sclerhelia dubia		Western Central Pacific
Sclerhelia hirtella		Southeast Atlantic
Simplastrea vesicularis		Indo-Western Pacific

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