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Family Faviidae Gregory 1900. The second largest family of stony/true corals (after the Acroporids of course). More than twenty genera (24)... Most are roundish to hemispherical and "brain like" in appearance, though there are some notable exception. All bear Zooxanthellae and are colonial. Some look like mazes, others bumpy pineapples... Range: Widely distributed in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Two common genera; Favia, Montastrea. Genus Australogyra (Veron and Pichon 1977). One
species. /WA Corals: robust branching colonies • branches often fuse
• corallites can form short valleys • no columellae • tentacles rarely extend
during the day • resembles Favites
Genus Caulastrea Dana 1846, Candy Cane Corals. From the
Greek: "Kaulos" meaning Cabbage stalk and "Aster"
for star. Look like a sprouting cabbage on their stick like
("phaceloid") colonial structure. /WA Corals: phaceloid colonies •
small corallites 1-2 cm diameter • fine septa, occassionally exert Genus Colpophyllia Milne Edwards and Haime 1848. One species.
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