Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Refertina > Family Dendrophylliidae > Genus Astroides

Astroides calycularis (Pallas, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Astroides*	Quoy & Gaimard, 1827	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: coral estrellat sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: chalice coral; star coral sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: corail étoilé sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Kelchkoralle; Sternkoralle sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: corallo stellato sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: coral estrellado

Literature

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Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Astroides calycularis (Pallas, 1766). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135178