Reef corals of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, north-western Australia (Australian Indian Ocean Territory), 1989

In 1989, field studies of reef corals were undertaken at sixteen stations around Cocos (Keeling) Atoll, Horsburgh Island and North Keeling Island. Stations were selected to encompass the widest possible range of habitats. Coral collections were made at these stations and the specimens were sent to the Australian Institute of Marine Science for further study. Comparisons were also made with corals from other geographic regions and Cocos (Keeling) Islands corals held in other museums. These specimens would later be lodged with the Western Australian Museum.
Ninety nine species of reef corals are recorded from Cocos (Keeling) Atoll in the eastern Indian Ocean. Of this all but twelve are known from Western Australia. Nine species have not previously recorded from the eastern Indian Ocean and three (one being taxonomically doubtful) have not previously been recorded anywhere.
Taxa have been matched to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Data used was downloaded from ALA https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr698 July 2018.

1989年，研究人员在科科斯（基林）环礁（Cocos (Keeling) Atoll）、霍斯伯格岛（Horsburgh Island）及北基林岛（North Keeling Island）周边的16个站点开展了造礁珊瑚实地研究。站点的选择旨在覆盖尽可能广泛的栖息地类型。研究人员在这些站点采集了珊瑚样本，并将其送往澳大利亚海洋科学研究所（Australian Institute of Marine Science）进行深入研究。此外，还将样本与其他地理区域的珊瑚以及其他博物馆收藏的科科斯（基林）群岛珊瑚进行了对比。这些样本随后被寄存于西澳大利亚博物馆（Western Australian Museum）。
东印度洋的科科斯（基林）环礁共记录到99种造礁珊瑚。其中，除12种外，其余均在西澳大利亚有分布记录。9种珊瑚此前未在东印度洋被记录，另有3种（其中1种分类学上存疑）为全球首次记录。
分类单元（Taxa）已与世界海洋物种登记册（World Register of Marine Species, WoRMS）进行匹配。研究所用数据于2018年7月从澳大利亚生命档案库（ALA）下载，网址为https://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/dr698。