species: Coelastrea aspera in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Coelastrea aspera


©Anne Hoggett: A small colony of Coelastrea aspera on the shallow granite slope at Granite Bluff, Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.

©Anne Hoggett: Shallow granite slope at Granite Bluff, Lizard Island with small colonies of several species of merulind corals including Coelastrea aspera (right edge, foreground). Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Merulinidae
Genus Coelastrea
Species Coelastrea aspera
Status least concern

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References

  • Baird, A.H. (2001). The ecology of coral larvae: settlement patterns, habitat selection and the length of the larval phase, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 716.
  • Dornelas, M. (2006). Coral assemblages and neutral theory. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1626.
  • Dornelas, M. and S.R. Connolly (2008). Multiple modes in a coral species abundance distribution, Ecology Letters, 11: 1008-1016. LIRS catalog number 1145.
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