Species under Pocillopora
n= 20
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Pocillopora ankeli
Sheer & Pillai, 1974
Indo-West Pacific
Pocillopora capitata
Verrill, 1864
Pacific Ocean
Pocillopora damicornis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Cauliflower coral Indo-Pacific and Western Central Atlantic 30
Pocillopora danae
Verrill, 1864
Indo-Pacific
Pocillopora diomedeae
Vaughan, 1906
Southeast Pacific
Pocillopora effusa
Veron, 2000
Eastern Pacific and Western Central Pacific
Pocillopora elegans
Dana, 1846
Indo-Pacific
Pocillopora fungiformis
Veron, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Pocillopora grandis
Dana, 1846
Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea
Pocillopora indiania
Veron, 2000
Western Indian Ocean
Pocillopora inflata
Glynn, 1999
Eastern Pacific and Western Central Atlantic
Pocillopora kelleheri
Veron, 2000
Indo-West Pacific
Pocillopora ligulata
Dana, 1846
Thin cauliflower coral Pacific Ocean
Pocillopora meandrina
Dana, 1846
Indo-Pacific
Pocillopora modumanensis
Vaughan, 1907
Western Indian Ocean
Pocillopora molokensis
Vaughan, 1907
Moloka‘i cauliflower coral Eastern Central Pacific
Pocillopora setchelli
Hoffmeister, 1929
Pacific Ocean
Pocillopora verrucosa
(Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Rasp coral Indo-Pacific 30
Pocillopora woodjonesi
Vaughan, 1918
Indo-Pacific
Pocillopora zelli
Veron, 2000
Western Central Pacific
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