Taxonomy Question

[thamnasteroid]

I heard somewhere that faviidae is limited to the Atlantic Ocean while lobophylliidae and merulinidae are limited to the Pacific Ocean. Is this true?

 

[ChiCity]

faviidae is found in both caribbean and pacific….
and their diversity is rivaled only by acroporidae.

maybe you’re thinking about mussimillia?
they’re exclusively atlantic.

 

[thamnasteroid]

faviidae is found in both caribbean and pacific….
and their diversity is rivaled only by acroporidae.

maybe you’re thinking about mussimillia?
they’re exclusively atlantic.

This is the article I got the information from.
https://reefs.com/2016/12/28/major-changes-lps-taxonomy/“This is in contrast to the Mussidae (which sport smaller spines of a different morphology), to which they formerly belonged and which are now restricted to the Atlantic.”

 

[ChiCity]

oh in that case, i really couldn’t tell ya…
i know there are some deep reefs around venezuela and the abc islands, brazil, etc…
corals unique to that region.

but i don’t know much about that to speak on the species of corals found there.