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Astroides calycularis (Cup coral)

Synonyms: Astroides luteus; Madrepora calycularis; Matrepora calycularis

Wikipedia Abstract

Astroides is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is monotypic and the only species is Astroides calycularis, which is endemic to the western Mediterranean Sea. The species was first described in 1766 by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Il-Bahar bejn Rdum Majjiesa u Ras ir-Raheb 2097 Malta  
Il-Gzejjer ta' San Pawl / Selmunett 27 Malta  

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Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0