List of corals of the Solomon Islands

This is a list of corals of the Solomon Islands. The baseline survey of marine biodiversity within the national territory of Solomon Islands that was carried out in 2004,^[1] found 474 species of corals in the Solomons as well as nine species which could be new to science. This is the second highest diversity of corals in the World, second only to the Raja Ampat Islands in eastern Indonesia.^[2]

The baseline survey (published in 2006) identified the following coral varieties as being present in the Solomons:

Family:	Genus:	Number of species:
Acroporidae	Acropora	83
Acroporidae	Anacropora	3
Acroporidae	Astreopora	8
Acroporidae	Montipora	24
Agariciidae	Pavona	10
Astrocoeniidae	Stylocoeniella	3
Diploastreidae	Diploastrea	1
Dendrophylliidae	Turbinaria	6
Euphylliidae	Euphyllia	4
Fungiidae	Cycloseris	7
Fungiidae	Heliofungia	1
Fungiidae	Fungia	1
Fungiidae	Ctenactis	3
Lobophylliidae	Acanthastrea	5
Lobophylliidae	Lobophyllia	5
Merulinidae	Hydnophora	5
Merulinidae	Favites	8
Merulinidae	Goniastrea	7
Merulinidae	Platygyra	6
Merulinidae	Oulophyllia	2
Merulinidae	Leptoria	2
Merulinidae	Plesiastrea	1
Merulinidae	Leptastrea	5
Merulinidae	Cyphastrea	5
Merulinidae	Echinopora	6
Pocilloporidae	Pocillopora	9
Pocilloporidae	Seriatopora	5
Pocilloporidae	Stylophora	2
Poritidae	Porites	15
Poritidae	Goniopora	9
Poritidae	Alveopora	3