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Faure, G. (1977). Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Atoll Research Bulletin. 203: 1-26.
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Faure, G.
1977
Annotated checklist of the corals in the Mascarene Archipelago, Indian Ocean
Atoll Research Bulletin
203: 1-26
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1500 samples of corals have been collected by the author since 1969, in the different reef communities of the Mascarene archipelago, from 0 to 50 meters by scuba diving. A total of 135 species (including six species of non-scleractinian corals, belonging to 68 genera (including the genera Millepora, Heliopora, Distichopora) known to date are listed in this paper. Variations in the distribution of genera and species between the three islands can be attributed primarily to a more or less great diversity in the biota of the islands, and secondarily to the disparity in the repesent status of our knowledge of the different islands.
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Acropora kenti (Brook, 1892) (basis of record)
Acropora microclados (Ehrenberg, 1834) (basis of record)
Acropora multicaulis (Brook, 1893) accepted as Acropora valenciennesi (Milne Edwards, 1860) (basis of record)
Acropora muricata prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) (basis of record)
Acropora muricata var. cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Acropora cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) (basis of record)
Agariciella Ma, 1937 accepted as Leptoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (basis of record)
Coscinarea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Coscinaraea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (basis of record)
Dendrophyllia manni (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (basis of record)
Dendrophyllia nigrescens Dana, 1846 accepted as Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg, 1834) (basis of record)
Distichopora violacea (Pallas, 1766) (basis of record)
Fungia somervillei Gardiner, 1909 accepted as Cycloseris somervillei (Gardiner, 1909) (additional source)
Gardineroseris planulata (Dana, 1846) (additional source)
Leptoria gracilis (Dana, 1846) accepted as Leptoria phrygia (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (basis of record)
Madracis kauaiensis Vaughan, 1907 (basis of record)
Madrepora cristata Ellis & Solander, 1786 accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (source of synonymy)
Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775 (basis of record)
Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (basis of record)
Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860 (basis of record)
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (basis of record)
Millepora truncata Dana, 1846 accepted as Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 (additional source)
Millepora tuberosa Boschma, 1966 accepted as Millepora exaesa Forsskål, 1775 (basis of record)
Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (additional source)
Pavona cristata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (source of synonymy)
Pavona danai (Milne Edwards, 1860) (additional source)
Pavona praetorta (Dana, 1846) accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (source of synonymy)
Pavona repens (Brüggemann, 1877) accepted as Pavona varians (Verrill, 1864) (source of synonymy)
Pavona varians (Verrill, 1864) (additional source)
Pavonia praetorta Dana, 1846 accepted as Pavona cactus (Forskål, 1775) (source of synonymy)
Plesiastrea peroni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 (basis of record)
Stylocoeniella armata (Ehrenberg, 1834) (additional source)
Madagascar for Acropora muricata prolifera (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mascarene Basin for Montipora spongodes Bernard, 1897 
Mascarene Basin for Montipora subtilis Bernard, 1897 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora appressa (Ehrenberg, 1834) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora arbuscula (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora arcuata (Brook, 1892) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora baeodactyla (Brook, 1892) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora cerealis (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora clathrata (Brook, 1891) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora concinna (Brook, 1891) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora conferta (Quelch, 1886) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora cytherea (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora danai (Milne Edwards, 1860) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora erythraea (Klunzinger, 1879) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora gonagra (Milne Edwards, 1860) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora gravida (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora haimei (Milne Edwards, 1860) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora hemprichi (Ehrenberg, 1834) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora hyacinthus (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora irregularis (Brook, 1892) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora kenti (Brook, 1892) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora macrostoma (Brook, 1891) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora multicaulis (Brook, 1893) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora muricata var. cervicornis (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora oligocyathus (Brook, 1892) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora pharaonis (Milne Edwards, 1860) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora polystoma (Brook, 1891) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora pyramidalis (Klunzinger, 1879) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora reticulata (Brook, 1892) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora rousseauii (Milne Edwards, 1860) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora scherzeriana (Brüggemann, 1877) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora seriata (Ehrenberg, 1834) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora stigmataria (Milne Edwards, 1860) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora symmetrica (Brook, 1891) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora syringodes (Brook, 1892) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora tuberculosa (Milne Edwards, 1860) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Acropora tylostoma (Ehrenberg, 1834) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Agaricia ponderosa Gardiner, 1905 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Agariciella ponderosa (Gardiner, 1905) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alveopora daedalea (Forskål, 1775) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alveopora mortenseni Crossland, 1952 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alveopora octoformis Blainville, 1830 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Alveopora retepora (Ellis & Solander, 1786) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Astreopora myriophthalma (Lamarck, 1816) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Caulastrea tumida Matthai, 1928 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Coscinaraea monile (Forskål, 1775) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Culicia cuticulata (Klunzinger, 1879) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cycloseris cyclolites (Lamarck, 1815) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cycloseris somervillei (Gardiner, 1909) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forskål, 1775) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Dendrophyllia manni (Verrill, 1866) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Dendrophyllia nigrescens Dana, 1846 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Distichopora violacea (Pallas, 1766) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis & Solander, 1786) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Euphyllia glabrescens (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Favia favus (Forskål, 1775) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Favia hombroni (Rousseau, 1854) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Favia pallida (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Favia speciosa (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Favia stelligera (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Favites virens (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Fungia agariciformis Lamarck, 1801 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Fungia danai Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Fungia madagascarensis Vaughan, 1906 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Fungia patella (Ellis & Solander, 1786) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Fungia samboangensis Vaughan, 1906 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Fungia scutaria Lamarck, 1801 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Fungia somervillei Gardiner, 1909 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Galaxea clavus (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Galaxea hexagonalis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Goniastrea incrustans Duncan, 1889 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Goniopora lobata Milne Edwards, 1860 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Goniopora mauritiensis Bernard, 1908 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Goniopora savignyi Dana, 1846 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Goniopora tenuidens (Quelch, 1886) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Gyrosmilia interrupta (Ehrenberg, 1834) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Herpolitha limax (Esper, 1792) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Horastrea indica Pichon, 1971 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptastrea bottae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptastrea ehrenbergiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptastrea purpurea (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptastrea transversa Klunzinger, 1879 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoria gracilis (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoseris digitata Vaughan, 1907 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoseris hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoseris incrustans (Quelch, 1886) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Leptoseris mycetoseroides Wells, 1954 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Lobophyllia corymbosa (Forskål, 1775) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Lobophyllia costata (Dana, 1846) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Lobophyllia hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Madracis kauaiensis Vaughan, 1907 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Millepora dichotoma Forsskål, 1775 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Millepora intricata Milne Edwards, 1860 
Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone for Millepora platyphylla Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834 
 Description

Colonies are corymbose plates with branches up to 10 mm thick which are tapering, evenly spaced and curving upward ... [details]

 Description

Calcareous skeleton with wide, flat branches, forking regularly, slightly anastomosing; many branches having a line ... [details]

 Remark

Two taxa are listed in Fauré (1977) under this name: one by Ellis & Solander, one by Milne Edwards & Haime; both ... [details]

 Remark

Brüggeman is in Macnae & Kalk (1958) spelled as Brueggemann. [details]

 Spelling

Spelt M. exacea Forskaal in Sloan et al. (1979). [details]

 Synonymy

Needs confirmation; only Agaricia ponderosa listed as synonym in Sheppard 1987 <65>. [details]

 Type locality

unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details]