Verrill, 1868

Astrogorgia (1)

Type species: Astrogorgia sinensis Verrill, 1868

Total number of species estimated: 25.

Description: Colonies forming open fans, one species encrusting. Colour of colonies red, yellowish, orange , etc. Sclerites of coenenchyme are exclusively spindles with irregularly arranged tubercles. Zooxanthellae absent.

Habitat: Reef slope.

Range: Tropical Indo-Pacific

Remarks: Many species of this genus have been placed erroneously in the genus Muricella.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Subclass Octocorallia
Order Alcyonacea
Family Plexauridae
Genus Astrogorgia

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Fabricius, K. & P. Alderslade, 2001. Soft corals & sea fans: a comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. Australian Institute of Marine Science, pp. i-vii + 1-264.

Grasshoff, M. & G. Bargibant, 2001. Coral reef gorgonians of New Caledonia. Paris, Editions de l’IRD, 335 pp.

Ofwegen L.P. van & B.W. Hoeksema, 2001. Astrogorgia bayeri, a new gorgonian octocoral species from South Sulawesi (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Plexauridae). Bull. Biol. Soc. Washington 10: 66-70.

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