Coelastrea

Coelastrea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Australia, Japan and the East China Sea.^[3]

Coelastrea
Coelastrea aspera on Minden Reef, Australia[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Merulinidae
Genus:	Coelastrea Verrill, 1866 [2]
Species
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Species

The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species:^[2]

• Coelastrea aspera (Verrill, 1866)
• Coelastrea palauensis (Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936)
• Coelastrea tenuis Verrill, 1866