Meandrina
Appearance
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Meandrina | |
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Small clump of Meandrina meandrites | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Meandrinidae |
Genus: | Meandrina Lamarck, 1801[1] |
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Meandrina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. Corals in this genus form massive hemispherical heads or have large flat plates and can grow to a metre (yard) across. Sometimes it is referred to as brain coral.
Species
[edit]The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]
- Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
- Meandrina danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
- Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011
- Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)
- †Meandrina polygonalis Catullo, 1856
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2018). "Meandrina Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-08-06.