Astrocoeniidae


Astrocoeniidae is a family of stony corals. The family is distributed across the tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide.

Description

Astrocoeniids include both hermatypic and ahermatypic 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 to more than across.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera and species in the family: