''Coelastrea'' is a
genus of
stony corals
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mo ...
in the
family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Australia, Japan and the East China Sea.
Species
The following
species are currently recognized by the
World Register of Marine Species:
[
*'']Coelastrea aspera
''Coelastrea aspera'' is a species of Scleractinia, stony coral in the family (biology), family Merulinidae. It is a Colony (biology), colonial species native to the Indo-Pacific region where it occurs in shallow water. It was Species description ...
'' (Verrill, 1866)
*''Coelastrea palauensis
''Coelastrea'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific ...
'' (Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936)
*'' Coelastrea tenuis'' Verrill, 1866
References
Merulinidae
Scleractinia genera
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