Table 1. Summary of all coral species studied here, and the crystal structures observed in their mature skeletons.
| spherulitic fibers and CoCs | Stylophora pistillata (Sp) | Robust | Branching | Red Sea | sub- tropical | |||
| Turbinaria peltata (Tp) | Complex | Table-like | Indo-Pacific | tropical | ||||
| Porites lutea (Pl) | Complex | Massive | Red Sea | sub- tropical | ||||
| Montipora turgescens (Mt) | Complex | Encrusting | Indo-Pacific | tropical | ||||
| Micromussa lordhowensis (Ml) | Robust | Massive | Indo-Pacific | tropical | ||||
| small sprinkles (0.2-2 µm) | Phyllangia americana mouchezii (Pam) | Robust | Encrusting | Mediterranean Sea | temperate | |||
| Oculina patagonica (Op) | Robust | Encrusting | Mediterranean Sea | temperate | ||||
| concentric rings | Acropora pharaonis (Ap) | Complex | Branching | Red Sea | sub- tropical | |||
| large sprinkles (2-20 µm) | Blastomussa merleti (Bm) | Robust | Massive | Indo-Pacific | tropical | |||
| Balanophyllia europaea (Be) | Complex | Solitary | Mediterranean Sea | temperate | ||||
| Madracis pharensis (Mp) | Robust | Encrusting | Mediterranean Sea | temperate | ||||
| Favia sp. (Fs) | Robust | Massive | Red Sea | sub- tropical |