Stony Corals Codexery

A source-cited reference to 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 mouth is fringed with tentacles. (From the Wikipedia article Scleractinia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.)

32 entries in 1 category: Stony Corals (32).

Entries: Scleractinia; Acroporidae — Staghorn corals are the dominant group of reef builders.; Agariciidae; Astrocoeniidae; Blastomussa merleti; Blastomussa wellsi; Brain coral; Caryophylliidae; Cladocora caespitosa; Corals of the World (website); Euphylliidae; Fungiidae.

Stony Corals (32)