Revision of the coral genus (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) in Indonesia.

The coral genus is reviewed from Indonesia for the first time, following detailed collections made at 131 sites and additional material collected from approximately 40 sites throughout the archipelago during the period 1993-6. Eighty-three species are recorded, four of these ( and ) new to science, six first described in 1994 and six in 1997. Records are compared with specimen-based records from localities worldwide.