''Hydnophora'' is a genus of large polyp
stony coral
Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...
s in the family
Merulinidae
Merulinidae is a Family (biology), family of reef-building Scleractinia, stony corals.
Characteristics
All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, w ...
.
List of species
According to
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms.
Content
The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scien ...
:
* ''
Hydnophora bonsai''
Veron, 1990
* ''
Hydnophora exesa''
(Pallas, 1766)
* ''
Hydnophora grandis''
Gardiner, 1904
* ''
Hydnophora microconos''
(Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Hydnophora pilosa''
Veron, 1985
* ''
Hydnophora rigida''
(Dana, 1846)
References
Merulinidae
Scleractinia genera
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