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Meandrina

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Meandrina
Small clump of Meandrina meandrites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Meandrinidae
Genus: Meandrina
Lamarck, 1801[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
List
  • Ctenophyllia Dana, 1846
  • Goreaugyra Wells, 1973
  • Maeandra Oken, 1815
  • Maeandrina Dana, 1846
  • Meandra Oken, 1815

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.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2018). "Meandrina Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
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