Starry cup coral (Acanthastrea rotundoflora)

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Acanthastrea rotundoflora, a large encrusting colony

© Charlie Veron / From Coral ID (Veron and Stafford-Smith, 2002)
Acanthastrea rotundoflora colony

© Professor Charles Sheppard
Acanthastrea rotundoflora colony

© Professor Charles Sheppard
Acanthastrea rotundoflora, showing the central corallite, widely spaced peripheral corallites and toothed costae

© Charlie Veron / From Coral ID (Veron and Stafford-Smith, 2002)
Close-up of Acanthastrea rotundoflora colony

© Professor Charles Sheppard
Acanthastrea rotundoflora colony surface

© Gustav Paulay / From Coral ID (Veron and Stafford-Smith, 2002)
Acanthastrea rotundoflora, thick tissue covering the coenosteum and corallite wall

© Charlie Veron / From Coral ID (Veron and Stafford-Smith, 2002)