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Rhizangiidae is a family of stony corals in the order Scleractinia, to which the following genera belong:
Cladangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Culicia Dana, 1846
Oulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Pseudosiderastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
Siderastrea Blainville, 1830
and some fossil genera
These stony corals form small, encrusting colonies of corallites that are joined together at their base. Their septa are not fused together and are serrated.
They are usually shallow-water species.
Culicia stellata is an azooxanthellate stony coral, it has no energy-providing zooxanthellae, but is dependent on the active capture of zooplankton, which it catches with the help of its tentacles and carries to its mouth.
Living corals were last known in the waters around Singapore.
Synonyms:
Culicia japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1936
Culicia japonica tenuisepes Ogawa, Takahashi & Sakai, 1997
Culicia truncata Dana, 1846
Culitia japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1936
Cylicia stellata (Dana, 1846)
Cylicia truncata (Dana, 1846)
Cladangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Culicia Dana, 1846
Oulangia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Pseudosiderastrea Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
Siderastrea Blainville, 1830
and some fossil genera
These stony corals form small, encrusting colonies of corallites that are joined together at their base. Their septa are not fused together and are serrated.
They are usually shallow-water species.
Culicia stellata is an azooxanthellate stony coral, it has no energy-providing zooxanthellae, but is dependent on the active capture of zooplankton, which it catches with the help of its tentacles and carries to its mouth.
Living corals were last known in the waters around Singapore.
Synonyms:
Culicia japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1936
Culicia japonica tenuisepes Ogawa, Takahashi & Sakai, 1997
Culicia truncata Dana, 1846
Culitia japonica Yabe & Eguchi, 1936
Cylicia stellata (Dana, 1846)
Cylicia truncata (Dana, 1846)
