NOAA Coral ID Page

[Origami]

I just stumbled across NOAA's stony coral identification page. It's pretty informative and is found here:

 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/ead/coraid.htm

 

Start out looking at the "Major Skeletal Features" to get the terminology right. Then look at the "Simple Steps" for coral ID. (I find it easier, where available) to look at the high-resolution PDF's that are made available near the top of many pages.

 

NOAA seems to have produced it to help law enforcement identify illegal imports.

 

I've also collated and uploaded the guide to this link. It's big - 27MB.

http://rapidshare.com/files/287464659/Stony_Coral_ID.pdf

 

It won't be any help with "named" or "LE" corals, but it is pretty good in helping you to understand the features that drive coral taxonomy.

[Sharkey18]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

 

Laura

 

I just stumbled across NOAA's stony coral identification page. It's pretty informative and is found here:

 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/ead/coraid.htm

 

Start out looking at the "Major Skeletal Features" to get the terminology right. Then look at the "Simple Steps" for coral ID. (I find it easier, where available) to look at the high-resolution PDF's that are made available near the top of many pages.

 

NOAA seems to have produced it to help law enforcement identify illegal imports.

 

I've also collated and uploaded the guide to this link. It's big - 27MB.

http://rapidshare.com/files/287464659/Stony_Coral_ID.pdf

 

It won't be any help with "named" or "LE" corals, but it is pretty good in helping you to understand the features that drive coral taxonomy.

[rioreef]

Good link. Thanks for the info.

[wdytat]

Added to the education links page.

[Origami]

Added to the education links page.

 

Cool. Thanks wdytat!