Marine Species Traits - Astrangiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

Traits taxon details

Astrangiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857

AphiaID

1565120 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1565120)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Type taxon

Astrangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Parent

Vacatina

Direct children (1)

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Genus Astrangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Astrangiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1565120 on 2025-09-13

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Astrangiidae Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1565120 on 2025-09-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-02-18 08:41:25Z

created

Hoeksema, Bert

2023-12-09 16:57:16Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

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Sources (3)

original description Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details]

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Löser H, Angel Fernández-Mendiola P, Pérez-Malo J, Domínguez Pascual S, Cahuzac B. (2021). Redefinition of the family Rhizangiidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous to Recent) and description of a new genus from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.</em> 299(3): 259-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2021/0968 [details]