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Astrocoeniidae
Sign in to saveAstrocoeniidae is a family of stony corals. The family is distributed across the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
Species
ムカシサンゴ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyAstrocoeniidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded22,797
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 25
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Astrocoeniidae
- Collections
- SIO, UCMP, QM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, Panama, Jamaica, Barbados, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Belgique
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Astrocoeniidae is a family of stony corals. The family is distributed across the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
==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 to more than across.
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