Spongiodermidae
Spongiodermidae is a family of corals belonging to the order Scleralcyonacea Scleralcyonacea, previously referred to as Calcaxonia, is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia. Families Families belonging to the order include: * Aulopsammiidae (Reuss, 1854) * Briareidae (Gray, 1859) * Chelidonisididae (Hees .... McFadden, C.S.; Cordeiro, R.; Williams, G.; van Ofwegen, L. (2023). World List of Octocorallia. Spongiodermidae Wright & Studer, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=852769 on 2023-10-17 Genera: * '' Callipodium'' Verrill, 1869 * '' Diodogorgia'' Kükenthal, 1919 * '' Homophyton'' Gray, 1866 * '' Sclerophyton'' Cairns & Wirshing, 2015 * '' Titanideum'' Verrill, 1864 * '' Tripalea'' Bayer, 1955 References Scleraxonia Cnidarian families {{octocorallia-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Homophyton
''Homophyton'' is a genus of corals in the family Spongiodermidae. This genus is found only off the coast of southern Africa. Species There are two species in the genus: *''Homophyton verrucosum'' (Möbius, 1861) *''Homophyton vickersi ''Homophyton'' is a genus of corals in the family Spongiodermidae Spongiodermidae is a family of corals Corals are marine invertebrates within the class (biology), class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony ( ...'' (Benham, 1928) References Spongiodermidae Octocorallia genera {{octocorallia-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scleraxonia
Scleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria. Characteristics Members of Scleraxonia have a skeletal axis made of calcified spicules, organic fibres or both, which may be separate, linked or fused together. Families and genera There are nine recognised families in this suborder and over thirty genera, with four families (Anthothelidae, Briareidae, Coralliidae and Subergorgiidae) containing some deep-water species and two families ( Paragorgiidae and Parisididae) being exclusively deep water. Families and genera in this suborder include: * Anthothelidae Broch, 1916 ** '' Alertigorgia'' Kükenthal, 1908 ** '' Anthothela'' Verrill, 1879 ** '' Briareopsis'' Bayer, 1993 ** '' Erythropodium'' Kölliker, 1865 ** '' Iciligorgia'' Duchassaing, 1870 ** '' Lateothela'' Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017 ** '' Solenocaulon'' Gray, 1862 ** '' Stereogorgia'' ** '' Tubigorgia'' Pasternak, 1985 ** '' Williamsium'' Moore, Alderslade & Miller, 2017 * Briareidae Gray, 1859 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Corals
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. A coral "group" is a colony of very many genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of tentacles surround a central mouth opening. Each polyp excretes an exoskeleton near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by asexual reproduction of polyps. Corals also breed sexually by spawning: polyps of the same species release gametes simultaneously overnight, often around a full moon. Fertilized eggs form planulae, a mobile early form of the coral polyp which, when matu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Scleralcyonacea
Scleralcyonacea, previously referred to as Calcaxonia, is an order of soft corals in the class Octocorallia. Families Families belonging to the order include: * Aulopsammiidae (Reuss, 1854) * Briareidae (Gray, 1859) * Chelidonisididae (Heestand Saucier, France & Watling, 2021) * Chrysogorgiidae (Verrill, 1883) * Coralliidae (Lamouroux, 1812) * Cornulariidae (Dana, 1846) * Dendrobrachiidae (Brook, 1889) * Ellisellidae (Gray, 1859) * Erythropodiidae (Kükenthal, 1916) * Helioporidae (Moseley, 1876) * Ideogorgiidae (McFadden, van Ofwegen & Quattrini, 2024) * Ifalukellidae (Bayer, 1955) * Isidoidae (Heestand Saucier, France & Watling, 2021) * Keratoisididae (Gray, 1870) * Mopseidae (Gray, 1870) * Parasphaerascleridae (McFadden & van Ofwegen, 2013) * Parisididae ''Parisis'' is a genus of corals in the monotypic family Parisididae. Species Species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sclerophyton (coral)
''Sclerophyton'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with '' Sclerophyton elegans'' assigned as the type species. Species *''Sclerophyton aptrootii'' *''Sclerophyton conspicuum'' *'' Sclerophyton elegans'' *''Sclerophyton extenuatum'' *'' Sclerophyton fluorescens'' *'' Sclerophyton hillii'' *'' Sclerophyton indicum'' *''Sclerophyton insularum'' *''Sclerophyton madagascariense'' *'' Sclerophyton perithecioideum'' – Brazil *''Sclerophyton puncticulatum'' *''Sclerophyton seriale'' *''Sclerophyton stigmaticum'' *''Sclerophyton syncesioides'' *''Sclerophyton trinidadense'' *''Sclerophyton vertex ''Sclerophyton'' is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Opegraphaceae. It has about 15 species. The genus was circumscribed by German lichenologist Franz Gerhard Eschweiler in 1824, with '' Sclerophyton elegans'' assigned as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |