''Rhodactis'' is genus of
Corallimorpharia
Corallimorpharia is an order of marine cnidarians closely related to stony or reef building corals ( Scleractinia). They occur in both temperate and tropical climates, although they are mostly tropical. Temperate forms tend to be very robust, wi ...
which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton.
Species
The following species are recognized in the genus Rhodactis:
* ''
Rhodactis bryoides''
Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
* ''
Rhodactis howesii''
Saville-Kent, 1893
* ''
Rhodactis inchoata
''Rhodactis inchoata'', otherwise known as the bullseye mushroom or Tonga blue mushroom, is a species of mushroom coral in the genus Rhodactis, this species is also, but more uncommonly, referred to as the hairy or small elephant ear mushroom. Th ...
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Carlgren, 1943
* ''
Rhodactis indosinensis''
Carlgren, 1943
* ''
Rhodactis musciformis''
Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
* ''
Rhodactis osculifera''
(Le Sueur, 1817)
* ''
Rhodactis rhodostoma''
(Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
References
Discosomidae
Hexacorallia genera
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