Astrocoeniidae
| Astrocoeniidae | |
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| Stephanocoenia intersepta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890 [1] |
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The Astrocoeniidae are a small family of stony corals. The family is distributed across the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide. [2]
Description
Astrocoeniids include both hermatypic and ahermatypic (reef-building) colonial corals, both with and without symbiotic zooxanthellae. The family is made up of both branching and encrusting species which can range in size from less than 5 cm (2.0 in) to more than 30 m (98 ft) across.[2]
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species includes these genera and species in the family:[1]
- Astrocoenia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
- Madracis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
- Madracis asanoi Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936
- Madracis asperula Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
- Madracis auretenra Locke, Weil & Coates, 2007
- Madracis brueggemanni (Ridley, 1881)
- Madracis carmabi Vermeij, Diekmann & Bak, 2003
- Madracis decactis (Lyman, 1859)
- Madracis formosa Wells, 1973
- Madracis fragilis Neves & Johnsson, 2009
- Madracis hellana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
- Madracis interjecta Marenzeller, 1907
- Madracis kauaiensis Vaughan, 1907
- Madracis kirbyi Veron & Pichon, 1976
- Madracis myriaster (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)
- Madracis pharensis (Heller, 1868)
- Madracis profunda Zibrowius, 1980
- Madracis senaria Wells, 1973
- Palauastrea
- Palauastrea ramosa Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
- Stephanocoenia
- Stephanocoenia intersepta (Lamarck, 1816) - synonym, Stephanocoenia michelini
- Stylocoeniella
- Stylocoeniella armata (Ehrenberg, 1843)
- Stylocoeniella cocosensis Veron, 1990
- Stylocoeniella guentheri Bassett-Smith, 1890
- Stylocoeniella hanzawai (Yabe & Sugiyama)
- Stylocoeniella nikei Benzoni & Pichon, 2004
References
- 1 2 Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Astrocoeniidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
- 1 2 Family Astrocoeniidae Classification of Scleractinian (Stony) Corals. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
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