Astrocoeniidae

Astrocoeniidae is a family of stony corals. The family is distributed across the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.[2]

Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia intersepta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Suborder: Astrocoeiina
Family: Astrocoeniidae
Koby, 1890 [1]
Genera
See text

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]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera and species in the family:[3]

  • Astrocoenia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
    • Astrocoenia blanfordi Duncan, 1880 †
    • Astrocoenia cellulata Duncan, 1880 †
    • Astrocoenia dachiardii Duncan, 1873 †
    • Astrocoenia decaphylla Duncan, 1863 †
    • Astrocoenia gibbosa Duncan, 1880 †
  • Palauastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
    • Palauastrea ramosa Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
  • Stephanocoenia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    • Stephanocoenia incrustans Duncan, 1873 †
    • Stephanocoenia intersepta (Lamarck, 1816) - synonym, Stephanocoenia michelini
    • Stephanocoenia maxima Duncan, 1880 †
    • Stephanocoenia microtuberculata Duncan, 1880 †
    • Stephanocoenia reussi Duncan, 1868 †
    • Stephanocoenia tenuis Duncan, 1863 †
  • Stylocoenia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 †
    • Stylocoenia maxima Duncan, 1880 †
    • Stylocoenia ranikoti Duncan, 1880 †
    • Stylocoenia taurinensis Michelin, 1842 †
  • Stylocoeniella Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
    • Stylocoeniella armata (Ehrenberg, 1834)
    • Stylocoeniella cocosensis Veron, 1990
    • Stylocoeniella guentheri (Bassett-Smith, 1890)
    • Stylocoeniella nikei Benzoni & Pichon, 2004

References
  1. Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Astrocoeniidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  2. Family Astrocoeniidae Classification of Scleractinian (Stony) Corals. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-04-22.
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