Astrocoeniidae — Details

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Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Astrocoeniidae
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Specimen Records:15
Specimens with Sequences:14
Specimens with Barcodes:14
Public Records:14
Species:4
Species With Barcodes:4
  
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Astrocoeniidae

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Astrocoeniidae is a small family of stony corals. They are endemic to the waters around Papua New Guinea and northern Australia.[2]

Description

Astrocoeniids are hermatypic (reef-building) colonial corals containing symbiotic zooxanthellae. They are usually encrusting corals up to 50 centimetres (20 in) in diameter in their favoured habitats of steep slopes where strong currents rise from below, in crevices and below overhangs. On reef slopes, where the water is turbid, they are much smaller, only reaching 5 centimetres (2.0 in) across.[2]

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera and species in the family:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Vanden Berghe, Edward (2010). "Astrocoeniidae". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196098. Retrieved 2011-12-23. 
  2. ^ a b Family Astrocoeniidae Classification of Scleractinian (Stony) Corals. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
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