Astrocoeniidae

Astrocoeniidae
Stephanocoenia intersepta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Suborder: Astrocoeiina
Family: Astrocoeniidae
Koby, 1890 [1]
Genera
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Astrocoeniidae is a 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]

Species

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

References

  1. ^ Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Astrocoeniidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  2. ^ a b Family Astrocoeniidae Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine 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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