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Trachyphylliidae
Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals. Characteristics All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, without paliform lobes. The valleys are superficial or may be indistinct because of fan-like spreading or contortions in the ridges. Faviidae and Trachyphylliidae are the most closely related families. Genera The World Register of Marine Species includes these genera in the family: *'' Astrea'' Lamarck, 1801 *'' Australogyra'' Veron & Pichon, 1982 *'' Boninastrea'' Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 *''Caulastraea'' Dana, 1846 *'' Coelastrea'' Verrill, 1866 *''Cyphastrea ''Cyphastrea'' is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae, commonly known as brain coral. Species The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: *''Cyphastrea agassizi'' (Vaughan, 1907) - Aga ...'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Dipsastraea'' Blainville, 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrea Curta
Astrea may refer to: * Astraea, Greek deity * Astrea, Colombia, a municipality in the department of Cesar, Colombia * ASTREA, an acronym for the Aerial Support To Regional Enforcement Agencies unit of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department * Astrea, a leading protagonist of the 1978 Filmation animated television series, ''Space Sentinels'' * Astrea, the pseudonym used by writer Aphra Behn * ''Astrea'' (coral), a genus of corals from the ''Merulinidae'' family * ''Astrea placata'', a Russian opera by Tommaso Traetta * ''Astrea Redux'', a poem by John Dryden * HMS ''Astrea'', one of several vessels, primarily frigates, of the Royal Navy * ''Il ritorno di Astrea'', a poem by Vincenzo Monti * , a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919 or 1920 * Astrea, West End, a heritage-listed house in Queensland, Australia * A.S.D. Astrea, an association football club based in Rome See also *Astrée (other) Astrée may refer to: * L'Astrée, a novel by Honoré d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echinopora
''Echinopora'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Species The following species are currently recognized: * '' Echinopora ashmorensis'' Veron, 1990 * ''Echinopora forskaliana'' (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) * ''Echinopora fruticulosa'' Klunzinger, 1879 * ''Echinopora gemmacea'' (Lamarck, 1816) * ''Echinopora hirsutissima'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 * ''Echinopora horrida'' Dana, 1846 * ''Echinopora irregularis'' Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000 * ''Echinopora lamellosa'' (Esper, 1795) * ''Echinopora mammiformis'' (Nemenzo, 1959) * ''Echinopora pacificus'' Veron, 1990 * ''Echinopora robusta'' Veron, 2000 * ''Echinopora spinulosa'' Brüggemann * ''Echinopora tiranensis ''Echinopora'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Species The following species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of b ...'' Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000 Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paragoniastrea
''Paragoniastrea'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Species The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species: * ''Paragoniastrea australensis ''Paragoniastrea australensis'', also known as the lesser star coral, is a species of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. It occurs in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. Description Colonies of ''Paragoniastrea australensis'' can ...'' (Milne Edwards, 1857) * '' Paragoniastrea deformis'' (Veron, 1990) * '' Paragoniastrea russelli'' (Wells, 1954) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oulophyllia
''Oulophyllia'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the tropical western and central Indo-Pacific region. Characteristics The colonies of these corals are massive and form dome-shaped mounds, similar to '' Favites'', but the corallites are arranged in valleys with broad ridges between them. Species The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialist ... : *'' Oulophyllia bennettae'' (Veron, Pichon & Best, 1977) *'' Oulophyllia crispa'' (Lamarck, 1816) *'' Oulophyllia levis'' (Nemenzo, 1959) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orbicella
''Orbicella'' is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. The Orbicella species complex comprises three sister species, namely '' Orbicella faveolata'', '' Orbicella annularis'' and '' Orbicella franksi'', all of which are shallow-water, zooxanthellate species and are native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. These corals are ubiquitous and major reef-builders in the Caribbean. Their similar colony morphologies misled scientists to historically lump them into a single species, ''Montastraea annularis'', which included three morphotypes “bumpy”, “columnar” and “massive”. These growth forms were believed to arise as a response to abiotic factors (e.g., depth, light availability). This taxonomic classification was challenged by further ecological, reproductive, genetic, and morphologic evidence, which led to the re-description of three separate species, ''Montastraea faveolata'' (massive), ''M. annularis'' (columna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merulina
''Merulina'' is a genus of Scleractinia, stony corals in the family (biology), family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the southern central Pacific Ocean. ''Merulina ampliata'' is the type species. Characteristics Colonies can be laminar, foliose, columnar or arborescent, and can adopt all of these forms in a single colony. On laminar plates, valleys radiate from the centre, becoming contorted on branching structures. Species The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species : *''Merulina ampliata'' (Ellis & Solander, 1786) *†''Merulina isseli'' (Prever, 1922) *''Merulina rotunda'' Nemenzo, 1959 *''Merulina scabricula'' Dana, 1846 *''Merulina scheeri'' Head, 1983 *''Merulina triangularis'' (Veron & Pichon, 1980) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptoria
''Leptoria'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are known as brain corals or closed brain corals. They are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the South Central Pacific Ocean. Characteristics Colonies are massive and the corallites are meandroid (in meandering valleys on the surface of the coral). The septa are neatly arranged like rungs on a ladder. Species The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific speciali ... : * '' Leptoria irregularis'' Veron, 1990 * '' Leptoria phrygia'' (Ellis & Solander, 1786) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
