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| Specimens with Sequences: | 16 | Public Species: | 4 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 16 | Public BINs: | 3 |
| Species: | 6 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 5 | ||
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Astrocoeniidae
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]
- Palauastrea
- Species Palauastrea ramosa Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941
- Stephanocoenia
- Species Stephanocoenia intersepta (Lamarck, 1816) - Synonym, Stephanocoenia michelini
- Stylocoeniella
- Species Stylocoeniella armata (Ehrenberg, 1843)
- Species Stylocoeniella cocosensis Veron, 1990
- Species Stylocoeniella guentheri Bassett-Smith, 1890
- Species Stylocoeniella hanzawai (Yabe & Sugiyama)
- Species Stylocoeniella nikei Benzoni & Pichon, 2004
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Family Astrocoeniidae Classification of Scleractinian (Stony) Corals. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
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