Acanthastrea
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| Acanthastrea echinata at Réunion | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Lobophylliidae |
| Genus: | Acanthastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848[1] |
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Acanthastrea is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Lobophylliidae.[2] The colonies are massive and usually flat. The corallites are either circular or angular in shape. The septa are thick near the wall of the corallite, becoming thin near the , and have tall teeth. The polyps are extended only at night.[2]
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Acanthastrea brevis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
- Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1846)
- (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- Moll & Best, 1984
- (Chevalier, 1975)
- † Martin, 1880
- Acanthastrea rotundoflora Chevalier, 1975
- Veron, 2002
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- ^ Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2018). "Acanthastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
- ^ a b c Martinez, Olga (2014). "Acanthastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
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