Acanthastrea
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Acanthastrea is a genus of hard corals (Scleractinia). It occurs in the Red Sea and in the tropical Indo-Pacific north to Japan and east to the central South Pacific.
features
Acanthastrea forms massive colonies that can grow flat and crusty or dome-shaped. Acanthastrea colonies are similar to those of the hard coral family Faviidae or those of the genus Blastomussa . The corallites are cerioid or subplocoid, that is, they stand alone, close to each other or with a small distance and have a polygonal (polygonal) or approximately round shape. Each corallite is separated from the neighboring coralite by a calcareous outer wall. The septa of the coralites are sharply toothed. Acanthastrea colonies can be brownish, yellowish, red, or greenish.
species
- Acanthastrea bowerbanki
- Acanthastrea brevis
- Acanthastrea echinata
- Acanthastrea faviaformis
- Acanthastrea hemprichii
- Acanthastrea hillae
- Acanthastrea ishigakiensis
- Acanthastrea lordhowensis
- Acanthastrea maxima
- Acanthastrea regularis
- Acanthastrea rotundoflora
- Acanthastrea subechinata
literature
- Julian Sprung: Korallen , Dähne Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-92168-487-0
