Discosoma
| Discosoma | |
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| Discosoma in a marine aquarium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Corallimorpharia |
| Family: | Discosomidae |
| Genus: | Discosoma Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828[1] |
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Discosoma (synonym Actinodiscus), commonly known as mushroom anemone, mushroom coral or disc anemone, are a genus of Corallimorph commonly collected, worldwide, as an easy coral to grow in marine aquaria.
References & External links
- ^ "Discosoma Rüppell and Leuckart, 1828". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ WoRMS (2010). "Actinodiscus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ de Blainville, H. M. D. (1830). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (in French). Vol. 60. Strasbourg and Paris: F. G. Levrault. p. 287.
- ^ Harmin, Cha (2007). Systematics of the order Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). University of Kansas. pp. 83–85. ISBN 978-0-549-13246-2.
- Sprung, J. (October 2002). "Aquarium Invertebrates: Mushrooms, Elephants Ears, And False Corals: A Review Of The Corallimorpharia". Advanced Aquarist.
- Red Mushroom Anemones
- Caring for mushroom corals
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