About Coral ID
An electronic key to the zooxanthellate scleractinian corals of the world.
Coral ID is a spectacularly illustrated, comprehensively researched interactive key to the identification of the world's reef-building corals.
Coral ID will assist you to:
- Identify nearly 800 coral species
- Learn about the characteristics, colour variants, morphological variation, abundance, and habitats of all coral taxa
You can also:
- View more than 5000 colour and black-and-white images and drawings
- Examine global distributions
- Use powerful database functions to compare features between pairs or groups of species
- Use hot-links to the descriptions of similar species
- Add in your own notes and images of local coral variants
As well as many other features.
Author: Dr JEN (Charlie) Veron
Dr Veron took up diving in the mid 60's and has been working on corals ever since - work that has taken him to all the major coral reef regions of the world. He is principal author of 12 books and monographs on corals including the award winning books Corals in Space and Time and Corals of the World. Dr Veron has three higher degrees including a DSc for his work on coral taxonomy.
Co-author and producer: Dr Mary Stafford-Smith
Dr Stafford-Smith has worked for 20 years on coral reefs worldwide. She specialises in eco-physiology and management issues and has a broad taxonomic knowledge of corals. She was a major contributor and scientific editor of Corals of the World.
Production: CRR Qld, Townsville
Technical: Gary WIlliams
Support: Laura Carolan
Consultants: Doug Fenner, Emre Turak, Lyndon DeVantier
Principal artist: Geoff Kelly
Operating Program: Lucid™ University of Queensland