Astraeosmilia is a new Genus that Splits up the Candy Corals

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Astraeosmilia is a new genus of stony coral that is about to change up our understanding of the candy or trumpet corals, formerly limited to the Caulastrea genus. This new group of stony corals pulls in three species from Caulastrea, one species of Dipsastrea (formerly Favia), but in the future could include several other ‘moon brain’…
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