Genus Asterospicularia

Utinomi, 1951

Asterospicularia (3)

Type species: Asterospicularia laurae Utinomi, 1951

Total number of species estimated: 2

Description: Colonies with short and inconspicuous stalk. Polyparium with numerous crowded, rounded lobes. Polyps monomorphic. Sclerites are stellate bodies similar to those of didemnid tunicates, and oval disc-like ones. Zooxanthellae present.

Habitat: Shallow water.

Range: Indo-Pacific.

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