WoRMS taxon details
Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816)
AphiaID: 207368
AphiaID: 207368
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Oculinidae (Family) > Galaxea (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Edited by Database Management Team | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Galaxea Oken, 1815 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Galaxea clavus Dana, 1846 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Veron, J.E.N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers, London. [details] basis of record: McClanahan, T.R. & J.C. Mutere (1994). Coral and sea urchin assemblage structure and interrelationships in Kenyan reef lagoons [details] additional source: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] East Africa [details] Indo-West Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mauritius [details] Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate [details] Description: The skeleton of Galaxea is very distinctive. Corallites are extremely plocoid, though in this species they are usually smaller than in G. fascicularis. The 2-10 mm tall cylinders are 3-5 mm in diameter and are set into a flat and rather blistery coenosteum. The corallites are well spaced. There are 8-12 protuberant primary septa, projecting a further 2 - 3 mm above the corallite wall. During the daytime, pale tentacles protrude. Colonies of this species may exceed a metre in diameter, forming cushions, or are encrusting to sub-massive, or may develop spires and columns (Sheppard, 1998). Colonies are submassive, columnar or encrusting, with uniform corallites 3-4.5 mm in diameter. Usually eight to 12 septa reach the corallite centre. Polyps are seldom extended during the day. Colour: usually pink, grey, green or brown. Abundance: common in any habitat protected from very strong wave action. Encrusting colonies may exceed 2 m in diameter in turbid water (Veron, 1986<>). [details] Type locality: Type locality: "Indian Ocean" (Veron, 1986). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207368 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Galaxea astreata (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207368 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||
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