Siderastreidae

Updated on Dec 28, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Rank Family Subclass Hexacorallia		Phylum Cnidaria Order Scleractinia

Similar Scleractinia, Siderastrea siderea, Siderastrea radians, Agariciidae, Poritidae

Siderastreidae is a family of reef building stony corals. Members of the family include symbiotic algae called Zooxanthellae in their tissues which help provide their energy requirements.

Description

Members of this family are colonial, hermatypic (reef-building) corals. The corals vary in form and include massive, thickly encrusting, columnar, and irregular forms. The corallites are linked by flowing septa that have granular margins and that are fused in the centre to give fan-shaped or star-shaped groupings. The corallites do not project from the surface of the coral and have ill-defined walls formed from thickened septa.

Genera

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera in the family:

Anomastraea Marenzeller, 1901 – monotypic, only species is Anomastraea irregularis, crisp pillow coral

Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1849 – about 10 species

Craterastrea Head, 1983 – monotypic, only species is Craterastrea levis

Horastrea Pichon, 1971 – monotypic, only species is Horastrea indica

Psammocora Dana, 1846 – pillar, sand maiden, or cat's paw corals

Psammacora explanulata Horst 1922

Psammacora haimeana Milne Edwards & Haime 1851

Pseudosiderastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935

Pseudosiderastrea formosa Pichon, Chuang & Chen, 2012

Pseudosiderastrea tayami Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935

Siderastrea de Blainville, 1830 – starlet corals

Siderastrea glynni Budd & Guzman, 1994

Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766) – lesser starlet coral or shallow-water starlet coral

Siderastrea savignyana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

Siderastrea siderea (Ellis & Solander, 1768) – massive starlet coral or round starlet coral

Siderastrea stellata Verrill, 1868

References

Siderastreidae Wikipedia

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