''Cladocora'' is a
genus
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of corals in the
order
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* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
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...
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 mo ...
.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''
Cladocora arbuscula
''Cladocora'' is a genus of corals in the order of stony corals.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* '' Cladocora arbuscula'' (Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''Cladocora caespitosa
''Cladocora caespitosa'', commonly known as cushion coral, is a sto ...
''
(Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''
Cladocora caespitosa
''Cladocora caespitosa'', commonly known as cushion coral, is a stony coral of the subclass Hexacorallia. This species forms the only true coral reef in the Mediterranean Sea.
The species has been observed to demonstrate rejuvenescence, a uniq ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Cladocora debilis
''Cladocora'' is a genus of corals in the order of stony corals.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''Cladocora arbuscula'' (Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''Cladocora caespitosa
''Cladocora caespitosa'', commonly known as cushion coral, is a ston ...
'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
* ''
Cladocora pacifica
''Cladocora'' is a genus of corals in the order of stony corals.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''Cladocora arbuscula'' (Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''Cladocora caespitosa'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Cladocora debilis
''Cladocora'' is a genus o ...
'' Cairns, 1991
References
Scleractinia
Scleractinia genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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