Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
Acanthastrea echinata (6)
Type species: Acanthastrea echinata (Dana, 1848)
Total number of species estimated: 11
Characteristics: Similar to Syzygophyllia but by marginal budding low cerioid, rarely plocoid, colonies of monocentric corallites are formed.
Range: Red Sea, Indo-Pacific.