Cnidaria, other than reef-building corals, of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 9 years ago

Abstract: Ashmore and Carrier Reefs have a rich cnidarian fauna, including many species of alcyonaceans. The blue coral, Heliopora coerulea and organ-pipe coral Tubipora musica are moderately common on the reef flats. Since most of the Alcyonacea have been identified only to genus no analysis of their geographic affinities is possible.