Coelastrea, the Glossary
Coelastrea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Addison Emery Verrill, Australia, Coelastrea aspera, Family (biology), Genus, Merulinidae, Scleractinia, Species, World Register of Marine Species.
- Merulinidae
Addison Emery Verrill
Addison Emery Verrill (February 9, 1839 – December 10, 1926) was an American invertebrate zoologist, museum curator and university professor.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
Coelastrea aspera
Coelastrea aspera is a species of stony coral in the family Merulinidae. Coelastrea and Coelastrea aspera are Merulinidae.
See Coelastrea and Coelastrea aspera
Family (biology)
Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.
See Coelastrea and Family (biology)
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Merulinidae
Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals. Coelastrea and Merulinidae are Scleractinia stubs.
See Coelastrea and Merulinidae
Scleractinia
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton.
See Coelastrea and Scleractinia
Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.
See Coelastrea and World Register of Marine Species
See also
Merulinidae
- Australogyra
- Caulastraea
- Caulastraea furcata
- Coelastrea
- Coelastrea aspera
- Cyphastrea
- Dipsastraea
- Dipsastraea pallida
- Dipsastraea speciosa
- Echinopora
- Echinopora fruticulosa
- Erythrastrea
- Favites
- Favites abdita
- Favites complanata
- Favites halicora
- Favites pentagona
- Favites spinosa
- Favites valenciennesi
- Goniastrea
- Goniastrea favulus
- Goniastrea retiformis
- Goniastrea stelligera
- Hydnophora
- Hydnophora exesa
- Hydnophora rigida
- Leptoria
- Merulina
- Merulinidae
- Open brain coral
- Orbicella
- Orbicella annularis
- Orbicella faveolata
- Orbicella franksi
- Oulophyllia
- Oulophyllia crispa
- Paragoniastrea
- Paragoniastrea australensis
- Pectinia
- Platygyra
- Platygyra contorta
- Platygyra daedalea
- Platygyra lamellina