Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
The Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1983
Publication Place
Washington
Physical Description:
20 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
American Samoa
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34693
Legacy PEIN ID:
74694
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Corals - Conservation - American Samoa
Environment - Protection
Marine resources - Conservation - American Samoa
Coral reefs - Management - American Samoa
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Marine resources - American Samoa
Protected areas
American Samoa
Abstract
Reef coral collections from American Samoa are in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., and in the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, W. Germany. The author has a collection of 790 coral specimens for a total of 1547 items known to be from American Samoa. A total of 177 species (including 3 species of non-scleractinian corals) belonging to 48 genera and subgenera (including the genera Millepora and Heliopora) known to date are listed with data as of frequency of occurrence and habitat.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
The Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1983
Publication Place
Washington
Physical Description:
20 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
American Samoa
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34693
Legacy PEIN ID:
74694
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 15-May-2008
Record Modified: 01-Mar-2021