The Coscinaraeidae are a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
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 ...
found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Genera
The
World Register of Marine Species
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Content
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lists the following genera:
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Anomastraea
''Anomastraea'' is a monotypic genus of corals in the family Coscinaraeidae. It is represented by a single species, the crisp pillow coral (''Anomastraea irregularis'').
Description
The crisp pillow coral forms small, mound-like colonies that g ...
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Marenzeller, 1901
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Coscinaraea''
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Craterastrea''
Head, 1983
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Horastrea
''Horastrea'' is a monotypic genus of stony coral in the family Coscinaraeidae. It is represented by the single species ''Horastrea indica'', the blister coral. It is native to the southwestern Indian Ocean where it is found in shallow water sand ...
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Pichon, 1971
References
Scleractinia
Cnidarian families
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