Hydnophora Microconos
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''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 ...
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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 {{scleractinia-stub