Galaxea

Galaxea
Galaxea fascicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Euphylliidae
Genus: Galaxea
Oken, 1815 [1]
Species
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Synonyms
List
  • Acrhelia Edwards & Haime, 1849
  • Acrohelia Milne Edwards, 1857
  • Galaxea Milne Edwards, 1857

Galaxea is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Euphylliidae. Common names include crystal, galaxy, starburst and tooth coral. They are abundant on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region and the Red Sea.[2] They are found in water less than 20 metres (66 ft) deep and favour turbid sites.[3] They are sometimes kept in reef aquaria.[4]

  1. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Galaxea, Oken, 1815". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. ^ Family Oculinidae: Galaxea Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Horizon. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  3. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  4. ^ Galaxea Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine Tidal Gardens. Retrieved 2011-12-16.