WoRMS taxon details
Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
AphiaID: 206405
AphiaID: 206405
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Mussidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Mussidae | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Acanthastrea amakusensis Veron Species Acanthastrea angulosa (Dana, 1846) Species Acanthastrea bowerbanki Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 Species Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846) Species Acanthastrea erythraea Species Acanthastrea faviaformis Veron, 2002 Species Acanthastrea hemprichii (Ehrenberg, 1834) Species Acanthastrea hillae Wells, 1955 Species Acanthastrea ishigakiensis Veron, 1990 Species Acanthastrea lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982 Species Acanthastrea maxima Sheppard & Salm, 1988 Species Acanthastrea regularis Veron, 2002 Species Acanthastrea rotundaflora Chevalier, 1975 Species Acanthastrea simplex Species Acanthastrea subechinata Veron, 2002 Species Acanthastrea minuta Moll & Best, 1984 accepted as Micromussa minuta (Moll & Borel Best, 1984) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Colonies are massive, usually flat. Corallites are cerioid or subplocoid, monocentric, either circular or angular in shape. Septo-costae are thick near the corallite wall, becoming thin near the columella, and have tall mussid teeth. Polyps are thick-walled and are extended only at night. (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Remark: Type species: Acanthastrea spinosa Edwards & Haime, 1848 = Astrea echinata Dana, 1846 from Tonga (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206405 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206405 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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