Shallow Water Stony Corals (Scleractinia, Milleporidae, and Stylasteridae) from Utila and Cayos Cochinos, Honduras

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Stony corals (Scleractinia, Milleporidae, and Stylasteridae) of Utila and Cayos Cochinos, Honduras. Abundant: species observed at each dive site and predominant by numbers or coverage of substratum; common: species observed at each dive site but not a predominant species; uncommon: species not observed at each dive but observed regularly; rare: species not observed at each dive and observed irregularly.

Species	Utila	Cayos cochinos
CLASS HYDROZOA (Owen, 1843)
ORDER ATHECATAE (Hincks, 1868)
FAMILLY MILLEPORIDAE (Fleming, 1901)
(1) Millepora alcicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)	Common	Common
(2) Millepora complanata (Lamarck, 1816)	Common	Common
(3) Millepora squarosa (Lamarck, 1816)	Uncommon	Uncommon
FAMILLY STYLASTERIDAE (Gray, 1847)
(4) Stylaster roseus* (Pallas, 1766)	Uncommon	Uncommon
CLASS ANTHOZOA (Ehrtenberg, 1834)
ORDER SCLERACTINIA (Bourne, 1900)
SUBORDER ASTROCOENIINA (Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
FAMILLY ASTROCOENIIDAE (Koby, 1890)
(1) Stephanocoenia intersepta (Lamarck, 1816)^a	Common	Common
FAMILLY POCILLOPORIDAE (Gray, 1842)
(2) Madracis auretenra (Loche, Weil & Coates, 2007)^b	Abundant	Common
(3) Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859)	Common	Common
(4) Madracis formosa (Wells, 1973)	Rare	Rare
(5) Madracis pharensis forma luciphila (Wells, 1973)	Uncommon	Uncommon
Madracis pharensis forma pharensis* (Heller, 1868)	Uncommon	Uncommon
FAMILLY ACROPORIDAE (Verrill, 1902)
(6) Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816)	Uncommon	Uncommon
(7) Acropora palmata (Lamarck, 1816)	Uncommon	Uncommon
(8) Acropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816)	Rare	Rare
SUBORDER FUNGIINA (Verrill, 1865)
SUPERFAMILLY AGARICIICAE (Gray, 1847)
FAMILLY AGARICIIDAE (Gray, 1847)
(9) Agaricia agaricites forma agaricites (Linnaeus, 1758)	Abundant	Abundant
Agaricia agaricites forma carinata (Wells, 1973)	Common	Common
Agaricia agaricites forma danai (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1860)	Common	Common
Agaricia agaricites forma purpurea (Lesueur, 1821)	Rare	Rare
(10) Agaricia fragilis forma contracta (Wells, 1973)	Rare	Rare
Agaricia fragilis forma fragilis (Dana, 1846)	Common	Common
(11) Agaricia grahamae (Wells, 1973)	Rare	Rare
(12) Agaricia humilis (Verrill, 1901)	Common	Common
(13) Agaricia lamarcki (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851)	Common	Uncommon
(14) Agaricia tenuifolia (Dana, 1846)	Common	Common
(15) Agaricia undata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)	Rare	Not observed
(16) Leptoseris cucullata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)	Common	Common
FAMILLY SIDERASTREIDAE (Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
(17) Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766)	Common	Common
(18) Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1786)	Abundant	Abundant
SUPERFAMILLY PORITICAE (Gray, 1842)
FAMILLY PORITIDAE (Gray, 1842)
(19) Porites astreoides (Lamarck, 1816)	Abundant	Abundant
(20) Porites colonensis (Zlatarski, 1990)	Uncommon	Rare
(21) Porites divaricata (Lesueur, 1821)	Uncommon	Uncommon
(22) Porites furcata (Lamarck, 1816)	Abundant	Abundant
(23) Porites porites (Pallas, 1766)	Abundant	Abundant
SUBORDER FAVIINA (Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
FAMILLY FAVIIDAE (Gregory, 1900)
SUBFAMILLY FAVIINAE (Gregory, 1900)
(24) Colpophyllia natans forma breviserialis (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)	Rare	Rare
Colpophyllia natans forma natans (Houttuyn, 1772)	Common	Common
(25) Diploria clivosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)	Uncommon	Uncommon
(26) Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)	Common	Common
(27) Diploria strigosa (Dana, 1846)	Common	Common
(28) Favia fragum (Esper, 1795)	Uncommon	Uncommon
(29) Manicia areolata forma areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)	Uncommon	Common
Manicia areolata forma mayori (Wells, 1936)	Rare	Rare
SUBFAMILLY MONTASTREINAE (Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
(30) Montastrea annularis (Ellis & Solander, 1786)	Abundant	Abundant
(31) Montastrea cavernosa (Linnaeus, 1766)	Common	Common
(32) Montastrea faveolata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)	Abundant	Abundant
(33) Montastrea franksi (Gregory, 1895)	Abundant	Abundant
FAMILLY MEANDRINIDAE (Gray, 1847)
SUBFAMILLY MEANDRININAE (Gray, 1847)
(34) Meandrina meandrites forma brasiliensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848)	Rare	Rare
Meandrina meandrites forma danai (Linnaeus, 1758)	Common	Common
Meandrina meandrites forma meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)	Common	Common
Meandrina meandrites forma memorialis (Wells, 1973)	Uncommon	Uncommon
SUBFAMILLY DICHOCOENIINAE (Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
(35) Dendrogyra cylindrus (Ehrenberg, 1834)	Uncommon	Rare
(36) Dichoecoenia stokesi forma stellaris (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)	Rare	Rare
Dichoecoenia stokesi forma stokesi (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848)	Uncommon	Uncommon
FAMILLY MUSSIDAE (Ortman, 1890)
(37) Isophyllastrea rigida (Dana, 1846)	Rare	Not observed
(38) Isophyllia sinuosa forma multiflora (Verrill, 1902)	Uncommon	Uncommon
Isophyllia sinuosa forma sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)	Uncommon	Uncommon
(39) Mussa angulosa (Pallas, 1766)	Uncommon	Uncommon
(40) Mycetophyllia aliciae (Wells, 1973)	Common	Common
(41) Mycetophyllia danaana (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)	Common	Common
(42) Mycetophyllia ferox (Wells, 1973)	Common	Common
(43) Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848)	Common	Common
(44) Scolymia cubensis (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849)	Uncommon	Uncommon
(45) Scolymia lacera (Pallas, 1766)	Uncommon	Uncommon
SUBORDER CARYOPHYLLINA (Vaughan & Wells, 1943)
FAMILLY CARYOPHYLLIIDAE (Gray, 1847)
(46) Eusmilia fastigiata forma fastigiata (Pallas, 1766)	Common	Common

^aPreviously reported as Stephanocoenia michelinii (Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848).
^bPreviously reported as Madracis mirabilis (Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1860).
*Ahermatypic.