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Galaxea
Galaxea fascicularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Euphylliidae
Genus: Galaxea
Oken, 1815 [1]
Species
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Synonyms
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  • Acrhelia Edwards & Haime, 1849
  • Acrohelia Milne Edwards, 1857
  • Galaxea Milne Edwards, 1857

Galaxea is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Euphylliidae. Common names include crystal, galaxy, starburst and tooth coral. They are abundant on reefs in the Indo-Pacific region and the Red Sea.[2] They are found in water less than 20 metres (66 ft) deep and favour turbid sites.[3] They are sometimes kept in reef aquaria.[4]

  1. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Galaxea, Oken, 1815". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. ^ Family Oculinidae: Galaxea Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Horizon. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  3. ^ WoRMS (2010). "Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  4. ^ Galaxea Archived 2012-04-26 at the Wayback Machine Tidal Gardens. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

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Galaxea acrhelia

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Krusadai Island

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Aureisphaera galaxeae

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from the genus of Aureisphaera which has been isolated from the coral Galaxea fascicularis from Akajima. "Species: Aureisphaera galaxeae". lpsn.dsmz...

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Prauserella coralliicola

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bacterium from the genus Prauserella which has been isolated from the coral Galaxea fascicularis from the Luhuitou fringing reef in China. Wu, J.-F.; Li, J...

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Bulbonaricus davaoensis

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a small secretive species which prefers to live among the galaxy coral Galaxea fascicularis. Austin, D. & Pollom, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]...

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Bicolor angelfish

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angelfishes (Centropyge, Pomacanthidae)". Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies. 22 (1): 31–36. doi:10.3755/galaxea.22.1_31. Animal-World. “Bicolor Angelfish...

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List of threatened species of the Philippines

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to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean Scleractinia Galaxea spp. Native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean Scleractinia...

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Branchiostegus auratus

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waters, with a discussion on the validity of B. auratus (Kishinouye). Galaxea 3:145-151. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Branchiostegus...

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Ricordea yuma

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yuma (Corallimorpharia; Ricordeidae)". Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies. 15 (2): 41–42. doi:10.3755/galaxea.15.41. ISSN 1883-3969. Lindén, Olof; Souter...

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Branchiostegus argentatus

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waters, with a discussion on the validity of B. auratus (Kishinouye). Galaxea 3:145-151. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Branchiostegus...

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List of the prehistoric life of Hawaii

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List of prehistoric hexacoral genera

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Acidolites Acinophyllum Acmophyllum Acrocyathus Acrohelia – junior synonym of Galaxea Acrophyllum Acropora Acrosmilia Acsaspedites Actinacis Actinaraea Actinaraeopsis...

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Shrimp scad

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version. Gushiken, S. (1983). "Revision of the carangid fishes of Japan". Galaxea, Publications of the Sesoko Marine Sciences Center of the University of...

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List of least concern invertebrates

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stellata Montipora tuberculosa Montipora turgescens Montipora verrucosa Galaxea horrescens Diffuse ivory bush coral (Oculina diffusa) Oculina patagonica...

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List of vulnerable invertebrates

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hahazimaensis Elliptical star coral (Dichocoenia stokesii) Galaxea acrhelia Galaxea astreata Galaxea cryptoramosa Horastrea indica Ivory bush coral (Oculina...

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List of near threatened invertebrates

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Genus Euphyllia Dana, 1846 Genus Fimbriaphyllia Veron & Pichon, 1980 Genus Galaxea Oken, 1815 Genus Gyrosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Genus Montigyra...

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Pseudoceros

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Pseudoceros galatheensis Dixit, Raghunathan & Chandra, 2017 Pseudoceros galaxea Dixit, 2021 Pseudoceros gamblei Laidlaw, 1902 Pseudoceros glaucus Prudhoe...

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Porites cylindrica

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Dioxide on Two Scleractinian Corals: Porites cylindrica (Dana, 1846) and Galaxea fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)". Journal of Marine Sciences. 2009: e215196...

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Drupella cornus

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gastropods belonging to the genera Drupella, Coralliophila and Quoyula". Galaxea. 2: 59–73. Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods...

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Brachycnemina

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Suborder Brachycnemina) present in Okinawa". Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies. 12 (1): 23–29. doi:10.3755/galaxea.12.23. ISSN 1883-3969. "Brachycnemina...

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Culcita schmideliana

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