Key:  Order Scleractinia (hard corals)

Taken primarily from  Kozloff, 1987, 1996  p. 72.  (Copyright 1987, 1996, University of Washington Press.  Used in this web page by permission of University of Washington Press)

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1a	Polyps bright orange; inner edges of calcareous septa not fused to vertical pillars; common intertidal and subtidal species	Balanophyllia elegans
1b	Polyps beige, brown, or pink; inner edges of some calcareous septa fused to vertical pillars that arise from the bottom of the skeletal cup; subtidal	Caryophyllia alaskensis