''Cladocora'' is a
genus
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of corals in the
order
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* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of ...
of
stony corals
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a m ...
.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''
Cladocora arbuscula''
(Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''
Cladocora caespitosa'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Cladocora debilis'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
* ''
Cladocora pacifica'' Cairns, 1991
References
Scleractinia
Scleractinia genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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