Coelastrea
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| Coelastrea | |
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| "Coelastrea aspera" on Minden Reef, Australia | |
| Coelastrea aspera on Minden Reef, Australia[2] | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Merulinidae |
| Genus: | Coelastrea Verrill, 1866 [1] |
| Species | |
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Coelastrea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Australia, Japan and the East China Sea.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species:[1]
- Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866)
- Coelastrea palauensis (Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936)
- Coelastrea tenuis Verrill, 1866
References
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- ^ "Marine Biodiversity in Temperate Western Australia: Multi-Taxon Surveys of Minden and Roe Reefs". Zoe Richards et al. 2013-14
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