Cook Islands CITES Listed Species

Details listed below:
Common Name
Scientific Name
Appendix Listing
Commonly Encountered

Crispy Crust/Cone Coral
Family Meruliniidae
Appendix II
Commonly Encountered
Merulina sp.
Hydnophora sp.

Ivory Bush Coral
Family Oculinidae
Appendix II
Commonly Encountered
Galaxea sp.

Horse’s Tooth Coral
Family Mussidae
Appendix II
Commonly Encountered
Lobophyllia sp.

Honeycomb /Golfball /
Brain / Small Star Coral
Family Faviidae
Appendix II
Commonly Encountered
Favia sp.
Leptoria sp.
Favites sp.

Table/Staghorn Coral
Family Acroporidae
Appendix II
Commonly Encountered
Acropora sp.

Mushroom Coral
Family Fungiidae
Appendix II
Commonly Encountered
Fungia sp.

Wart Coral
Family Pocilloporidae
Appendix II
Commonly Encountered
Pocillopora sp.

Sunflower/Mustard Hil / Coral Family Poritiidae
Appendix II
Commonly Encountered
Goniopora spp.
Porites spp.