Two New Species of Astreopora (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia) from the Mid-Pacific

THE GENUS Astreopora de Blainville 1830, an encrusting reef coral, is found throughout the Indo-Pacific, east to the Tuamotus, and is represented in all major coral collections from the Indo-Pacific (Wells 1954).In shallow water it is often inconspicuous and never predominates.At times it may form heads 2 m or more across, and in deeper waters it may be very common.About eight species can be readily identified and to these two previously unreported species are herein described.Type specimens have been deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu.