Characterized Diseases
White Band Disease
White Band Disease (WBD) is a common tissue loss disease that affects the two Caribbean acroporid species Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata throughout their geographic range.
![Smooth](https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/cdhc/2020/07/25_margin-smooth.jpg)
White Plague
White plague (WP) is a common tissue loss disease that affects a broad range of scleractinian coral species.
![Annular](https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/cdhc/2020/07/23_edges-annular.jpg)
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is a highly lethal coral disease that has since spread rapidly throughout the Caribbean.
![Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease](https://cdn.coastalscience.noaa.gov/cdhc/2021/09/Screen-Shot-2021-09-09-at-5.07.21-PM-300x295.png)
Black Band Disease
Black band disease is an infectious coral disease that is globally present and affects 19 scleractinian coral species.
White Syndromes
“White Syndromes” are a collection of coral diseases that share the common lesion characteristic of acute tissue loss.
Dark Spot Disease
Dark spot disease is a non-lethal coral disease that is characterized by lesions of purple or brown discoloration.