Index

Index

B
Bandar Jissah
Bandar Khayran
Barr al Hikman
Batinah
black coral
Blastomussa merleti (Branched Cup Coral)
bleached corals
Boat Anchoring
Brain Coral, See Platygyra daedalea
Branched Cup Coral, See Blasomussa merleti
Branched Sandpaper Coral, See Psammocora contigua
Bush Coral, See Acropora valida

C
Cabbage Coral, See Montipora foliosa
calcium carbonate, See aragonite
calyx
CapitalArea
Cat Island
CauliflowerCoral, See Pocillopora damicomis
Cave Coral, See Tubastrea sp.
Cemetery Bay
Cnidaria
Coelenterata See Cnidaria
cold temperatures
coral bleaching
coral diseases
coralmortality
coral reef development
coral tumor
Coscinarea monile (Wrinkle Coral)
Crisp Pillow Coral, See Anomastrea irregularis
Crown of Thorns Starfish, See Acanthaster planci
Crust Coral, See Leptastrea purpurea
Cycloseris patelliformis (Kneecap Coral)
Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lesser Knob Coral)
Cyphastrea serailia (Lesser Knob Coral)

F
False Pillow Coral, See Psuedosiderastrea tayami
Favia pallida (Knob Coral)
Favia speciosa (Larger Knob Coral)
Faviidae
Favites chinesis (Larger Star Coral)
Favites pentagona (Lesser Star Coral)
Favites peresi (Honeycomb Coral)
feeding
Finger Coral, See Porites cf. compressa
Fire coral, See Millepora
Flat Lettuce Coral, See Echinophyllia aspera
Fleshy Artichoke Coral, See Acanthastrea maxima
Fleshy Star Coral, See Parasimplastrea simplicitexta
freshwater runoff
Fungiidae

G
Galaxea fascicularis (Starburst Coral)
gill nets
global warming
Goniopora sp. (Daisy Coral)
gorgonians
Gray-Green Soft Coral, See Sarcophyton cf:trocheliophorum
Greater Brain Coral, See Symphyllia radians
greenhouse effect
Grooved Crust Coral, See Leptastrea inaequalis
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Masirah
Gulf of Oman

H
Hedgehog Coral, See Echinopora gemmacea
Heterocyathus sp.(Shoe Coral)
Heteropsammia cochlea (Shoe Coral)
high temperature brine
high temperatures
Honeycomb Coral, Favites peresi
Hood Coral, See Stylophora pistillata
horny corals
Hump Coral, Porites lutea
Hydnophora exesa (Spine Coral)
Hydnophora microconos (Spine Coral)
hydrozoa

K
Kalbuh
Kneecap Coral, See Cycloseris patelliformis
Knob Coral, See Favia pallida
Kuria Maria,See Al Halaaniyat Islands

L
Larger Knob Coral, See Favia speciosa
Larger Star Coral, See Favites chinensis
Leaf Corals, See Pavona cactus & P. decussata .
Leafy Hedgehog Coral, See Echinopora lamellosa
Leathery Soft Coral, See Sinularia cf. polydactyla
Leptastrea inaequalis, (Grooved Crust Coral)
Leptastrea purpurea, (Crust Coral)
Leptoria phrygia (Lesser Brain Coral)
Leptoseris mycetoseroides (Slender Lettuce Coral)
Lesser Brain Coral, See Leptoria phrygia
Lesser Knob Coral, See Cyphastrea microphthalma & C.serailia
Lesser Star Coral, See Favites pentagona
low temperatures

P
Parasimplastrea simplicitexta (Fleshy Star Coral)
Pavona cactus (Leaf Coral)
Pavona decussata (Leaf Coral)
Pavona explanulata (Peacock Coral)
Pavonidae
Peacock Coral, See Pavona explanulata
Pectiniidae
planula
Platygyra daedalea (Brain Coral)
Plesiastrea versipora (Small Knob Coral)
Pocillopora damicornis (Cauliflower Coral)
Pocilloporidae
polyp
Porites
Porites cf. compressa (Finger Coral)
Porites lutea (Hump Coral)
Poritidae
Porous Leaf Coral, Montipora circumvallata
Porous Lettuce Coral, See Oxypora lacera
Porous Star Coral, See Astreopora myriophthalma
precious coral
principal areas of coral growth in Oman
Psammocora cf. haimeana (Encrusting Sandpaper Coral)
Psammocora contigua (Branched Sandpaper Coral)
Psammoseris sp. See Shoe Corals
Psuedosiderastrea tayami (False Pillow Coral)

S
Sarcophyton cf. trocheliophorum (Gray-Green Soft Coral)
Scleractinian
Sedimentation
Septa
sewage
Shoe Corals, See Heteropsammia cochlea & Psammoseris sp.
Siderastrea savingniyana (African Pillow Coral)
Siderastreidae
Sinularia cf. polydactyla (Leathery Soft coral)
skeletal tumors
SmallKnob Coral, See Plesiastrea versipora
Species diversity
Spine Coral, See Hydnophora exesa & H. microconos
Starbrust Coral, See Galaxea fascicularis
Starry Cup Coral, See Acanthastrea echinata
Stylaster
Stylocoeniella guntheri (Thorn Coral)
Stylophora pistillata (Hood Coral)
Symbiosis, 6,7,24,27,30,79
Symphyllia radians (Greater Brain Coral)

T
Table Coral, See Acropora clatharata & A. valenciennesi
Teddy Bear Coral, See Dendronephthya
temperature stress, See upwelling
tentacles
Thorn Coral, See Stylocoeniella guntheri
Tree Coral, See Dendrophyllia sp.
Tubastrea sp. (Cave Coral)
tumors
turbidity
Turbinaria mesenterina (Vase Coral)
Turbinaria peltata (Disk Coral)

V
Vase Coral, See Turbinaria mesenterina

W
Water pollution
Wedge Coral, See Diaseris distorta
White Band Disease
Wrinkle Coral, See Coscinarea monile