Astrangia
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 496
Type Species
A. michelinii Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p.320, pl. 7, fig. 5, 5a; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Neotype; USNM 80350; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Recent: off Atlantic City, New Jersey
Original type lost (see Chevalier, 1966); neotype designated by Peters, et al., 1988, the same specimen also serving as the neotype of Madrepora poculata, making these two species objective synonyms. Type species also well described and illustrated by Peters, et al. (1988). A. michelinii Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848:320, pl. 7, fig. 5, 5a [=Astrangia poculata (Ellis and Solander, 1786)]
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Corallum colonial, usually encrusting or subplocoid in calice arrangement achieved by extracalicular budding from edge zone; corallites united basally by thin coenosteum; costae granular; axial edges of all septa dentate; columella papillose.
Comparisons
Differs from Hoplangia in having entire axial edges of septa dentate.
Remarks
The genus is in need of revision. There are approximately 30 species, 15 of which occur in the Recent (Cairns et al., 1999).
Contains
This page has been in preparation since 04-Aug-2008 14:22
This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 20-Nov-2008 20:02.
Page authors are: Jarek Stolarski Stephen D. Cairns. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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