Astrocoeniidae
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| Stephanocoenia intersepta | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Subclass: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
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Astrocoeniidae Koby, 1890 |
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The Astrocoeniidae are a small family of stony corals. The family is distributed across the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.
Astrocoeniids include both hermatypic and ahermatypic (reef-building) colonial corals, both with and without symbiotic zooxanthellae. The family is made up of both branching and encrusting species which can range in size from less than 5 cm (2.0 in) to more than 30 m (98 ft) across.
The World Register of Marine Species includes these genera and species in the family:
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