Table 5.2          Summary Information on Coral Species Recorded

 

Coral Species

Status in Hong Kong1

Site 1

Site 2

Site 3

Site 4

Site 5

Hard Coral

 

 

 

 

 

 

Montipora peltiformis

Common

+

 

+

+

 

Stylocoeniella guentheri

Common

+

 

 

 

 

Porites lobata

Common

+

+

+

+

 

Goniopora stutchburyi

Common

+

+

 

+

 

Favia speciosa

Abundant

+

 

 

 

 

Favia rotumana

Abundant

+

 

 

 

 

Favites abdita

Dominant

+

 

+

 

 

Favites pentagona

Dominant

+

+

+

 

 

Favites chinensis

Dominant

+

+

 

 

 

Goniastrea aspera

Common

+

+

+

 

 

Acanthastrea sp.

Uncommon

+

+

+

+

 

Platygyra acuta

Dominant

+

+

 

 

 

Oulastrea crispata

Common

 

+

 

+

+

Cyphastrea serailia

Dominant

+

+

+

+

 

Leptastrea purpurea

Abundant

+

+

 

 

 

Plesiastrea versipora

Abundant

 

+

 

 

 

Turbinaria peltata

Common

 

+

 

 

 

Psammocora haimeana

Uncommon

+

 

 

 

 

Psammocora superficialis

Abundant

+

+

+

+

 

Hard Coral (Ahermatypic)

 

 

 

 

 

Tubastrea sp.

 

 

 

+

 

Octocoral

 

 

 

 

 

Echinomuricea sp.

 

 

+

+

 

Menella sp.

 

 

+

+

 

Guaiagorgia sp.

 

 

+

+

 

Euplexaura sp.

 

 

+

+

 

Dendronephthya sp.

 

 

+

+

+

Anthogorgia sp.

 

 

+

 

 

Echinogorgia sp.

 

 

+

+

 

Other Sea Fans

 

 

+

+

 

Lobophytum depressum

 

 

+

 

 

Number of Coral Species Recorded

 

 

 

 

 

Hard coral (Total no.:19)

16

13

8

7

1

Hard Coral (Ahermatypic) (Total no.:1)

0

0

0

1

0

Octocoral (Total no.:9)

0

0

9

7

1

Note: 1Chan et al., 2005