Astrangia
| Astrangia | |
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| Astrangia poculata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Rhizangiidae |
| Genus: | Astrangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848[1] |
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Astrangia is a genus of stony corals in the family Rhizangiidae. Members of this genus are non-reef building corals and are found in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans. They are solitary corals with large polyps and are found in clumps. They reproduce from stolons. The corallites are small with simple toothed septa.[1]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus:[1]
- Astrangia atrata (Dennant, 1906)
- Astrangia browni Palmer, 1928
- Astrangia californica Durham & Barnard, 1952
- Astrangia conferta Verrill, 1870
- Astrangia costata Verrill, 1866
- Astrangia dentata Verrill, 1866
- Astrangia equatorialis Durham & Barnard, 1952
- Astrangia haimei Verrill, 1866
- Astrangia howardi Durham & Barnard, 1952
- Astrangia macrodentata Thiel, 1940
- Astrangia mercatoris Thiel, 1941
- Astrangia poculata (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
- Astrangia rathbuni Vaughan, 1906
- Astrangia solitaria (Lesueur, 1817)
- Astrangia woodsi Wells, 1955
References
- 1 2 3 Cairns, Stephen (2014). "Astrangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
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