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Astroides
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Dendrophylliina
Family:
Dendrophylliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Astroides Quoy & GAIMARD, 1827
Type Species:
A. luteus (=Madrepora calycularis PALLAS, 1766)
Images
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Fig. 338,9 . A. calycularis, Naples, × 2 (25)
Synonyms
Astreoides, Astroitis
Geographic Distribution
MediI., depth range 0-73 m.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Like Endopsammia but extratentacular budding from proliferations of edge zone produces small, submassive colonies, Corallites united by noncostate coenosteum, costae reduced to granulations, Columella large, spongy
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Dendrophylliina
Family:
Dendrophylliidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Astroides Quoy & GAIMARD, 1827
Type Species:
A. luteus (=Madrepora calycularis PALLAS, 1766)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 338,9 . A. calycularis, Naples, × 2 (25)
Synonyms
Astreoides, Astroitis
Geographic Distribution
MediI., depth range 0-73 m.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Beginning International Stage:
Greenlandian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
0.01
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Like Endopsammia but extratentacular budding from proliferations of edge zone produces small, submassive colonies, Corallites united by noncostate coenosteum, costae reduced to granulations, Columella large, spongy