Siderastreid
corals
Family Siderastreidae
updated
Jun 13
Where
seen? These hard corals with tiny to small corallites are
often seen on many of our shores.
Status and threats: Pseudosiderastrea
tayami is listed as globally Near Threatened by
the IUCN. Like other creatures of the intertidal zone, they are
affected by human activities such as reclamation and pollution. Trampling
by careless visitors, and over-collection also have an impact on local
populations.
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A closer look at the tiny corallites that
form petal-like shapes like a flower.
Chek Jawa, Jun 05
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Family
Siderastreidae recorded for Singapore
from
Danwei Huang, Karenne P. P. Tun, L. M Chou and Peter A. Todd. 30 Dec
2009. An inventory of zooxanthellate sclerectinian corals in Singapore
including 33 new records **the species found on many shores in
Danwei's paper.
in red are those listed as threatened
on the IUCN global list.
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Links
- Family
Siderastreidae
(select species from list) on Corals of the World online on the
Australian Institute of Marine Science website: Technical fact
sheet.
- Family
Siderastreidae
on Reef Corals of the Indo-Malayan Seas, the Marine Species Identification
Portal: Technical fact sheet.
- Family
Siderastreidae (enter Siderastreidae in search bar) on the
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species website: Technical fact sheet.
References
- Danwei Huang,
Karenne P. P. Tun, L. M Chou and Peter A. Todd. 30 Dec 2009. An
inventory of zooxanthellate sclerectinian corals in Singapore
including 33 new records (pdf). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
Supplement No. 22: 69-80.
- Veron, Jen.
2000. Corals
of the World Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia. 3 volumes.
- Erhardt,
Harry and Daniel Knop. 2005. Corals:
Indo-Pacific Field Guide IKAN-Unterwasserachiv, Frankfurt. 305 pp.
- Borneman,
Eric H. 2001. Aquarium
Corals: Selection, Husbandry and Natural History T.F. H Publications. 464 pp.
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