Table 5.2 Summary Information on Coral Species Recorded

Coral Species	Status in Hong Kong^1	Site 1	Site 2	Site 3	Site 4	Site 5
Hard Coral
Montipora peltiformis	Common	+		+	+
Stylocoeniella guentheri	Common	+
Porites lobata	Common	+	+	+	+
Goniopora stutchburyi	Common	+	+		+
Favia speciosa	Abundant	+
Favia rotumana	Abundant	+
Favites abdita	Dominant	+		+
Favites pentagona	Dominant	+	+	+
Favites chinensis	Dominant	+	+
Goniastrea aspera	Common	+	+	+
Acanthastrea sp.	Uncommon	+	+	+	+
Platygyra acuta	Dominant	+	+
Oulastrea crispata	Common		+		+	+
Cyphastrea serailia	Dominant	+	+	+	+
Leptastrea purpurea	Abundant	+	+
Plesiastrea versipora	Abundant		+
Turbinaria peltata	Common		+
Psammocora haimeana	Uncommon	+
Psammocora superficialis	Abundant	+	+	+	+
Hard Coral (Ahermatypic)
Tubastrea sp.					+
Octocoral
Echinomuricea sp.				+	+
Menella sp.				+	+
Guaiagorgia sp.				+	+
Euplexaura sp.				+	+
Dendronephthya sp.				+	+	+
Anthogorgia sp.				+
Echinogorgia sp.				+	+
Other Sea Fans				+	+
Lobophytum depressum				+
Number of Coral Species Recorded
Hard coral (Total no.:19)		16	13	8	7	1
Hard Coral (Ahermatypic) (Total no.:1)		0	0	0	1	0
Octocoral (Total no.:9)		0	0	9	7	1

Note: ¹Chan et al., 2005