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Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Zoantharia/Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia
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.

A closer look at the tiny corallites that
form petal-like shapes like a flower.
Chek Jawa, Jun 05

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.


  Family Siderastreidae
  Coscinaraea columna**
Coscinaraea exesa

Psammocora sp. (Sandpaper corals) with list of species recorded for Singapore

Pseudosiderastrea tayami**(Neat hexa corals) (Near Threatened)

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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