Genus Coelastrea Verrill, 1866

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• Coelastrea Verrill, A.E. 1866. Synopsis of the polyps and corals of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, with descriptions of some additional species from the West Coast of North America II Madreporaria. Proceedings of the Essex Institute Salem 5: 17-50. pls. 1-2 [32].

  Type species:

   Caelastrea tenuis Verrill, 1866 by original designation.

Introduction

Huang et al. (2014) removed Coelastrea from synonymy with Goniastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands

General References

Huang, D., Benzoni, F., Fukami, H., Knowlton, N., Smith, N.D. & Budd, A.F. 2014. Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355 [302-304]

Mitsuki, Y., Isomura, N., Nozawa, Y., Tachikawa, H., Huang, D. & Fukami, H. 2021. Distinct species hidden in the widely distributed coral Coelastrea aspera (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia). Invertebrate Systematics 35: 876-891

History of changes