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 Family Pocilloporidae, Part 2  

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Bob Fenner

 
Pocillopora danae Verrill 1864.   
Pocillopora eydouxi Milne Edwards & Haime 1860, Brush or Antler Coral. Distinctive large, upright branches with light-colored ends. A common species over its wide range.  Large stand in the Andaman Sea (Similans, Thailand) at right and an aquarium colony. Close up, 1 meter colonies in Bunaken and colonies in Hawai'i below.

 
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Pocillopora grandis poss:
Douglas Fenner This one might be Pocillopora grandis (=eydouxi). P grandis usually has not only larger branches but the branches farther apart, and the colony larger than on P. meandrina. My guess here Is P grandis. P eydouxi is a name that has been long used. Veron long ago reported that these two were synonyms. There is a rule that such a name can be retained, but you have to appeal to the Commission. Veron refuses to do that, but sticks with eydouxi. He synonymized them long ago, long before he has come to distinguish many additional species in the genus. As I see colonies in the wild, I see huge diversity of variations within this nominal species, making me suspicious that it may be a species complex. I need to check the types of both of these, they may actually be names of different species in this complex. Or not. Isn't taxonomy fun????

Pocillopora meandrina Dana 1846. Flat, short, curved branches, small verrucae. Regular arrangement of branch growth, verrucae placement. At right: Bunaken/Sulawesi/Indo. and Hawai'i close-ups, and two images of this common species in Hawai'i below.

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