Astrocoeniidae Koby 1890

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]

• 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

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