Biology:Rhodactis

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Short description: Genus of corals

Rhodactis
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Rhodactis inchoata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Corallimorpharia
Family: Discosomidae
Genus: Rhodactis
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Rodactis

Rhodactis is genus of mushroom corals which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton.

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Rhodactis:[2]

  • Rhodactis bryoides Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
  • Rhodactis howesii Saville-Kent, 1893
  • Rhodactis inchoata Carlgren, 1943
  • Rhodactis indosinensis Carlgren, 1943
  • Rhodactis musciformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Rhodactis osculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
  • Rhodactis rhodostoma (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)


References

Wikidata ☰ Q3326583 entry