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Hydnophora Microconos
''Hydnophora'' is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Merulinidae. List of species According to World Register of Marine Species : * ''Hydnophora bonsai'' Veron, 1990 * '' Hydnophora exesa'' (Pallas, 1766) * ''Hydnophora grandis'' Gardiner, 1904 * '' Hydnophora microconos'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Hydnophora pilosa'' Veron, 1985 * ''Hydnophora rigida Hydnophora rigida, commonly known as horn coral, are found in reefs and are in the genus ''Hydnophora''. They were first described by Dana in 1846. Their color is naturally green and brown, or sometimes cream. They can also become fluorescent green ...'' (Dana, 1846) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydnophora Exesa
''Hydnophora exesa'', also called horn coral or spine coral, is a coral in the genus ''Hydnophora''. It was described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766. Location They are found in the oceans of North and East Australia, Southeast Asia, and East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical .... References Merulinidae Marine fauna of Australia {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scleractinia
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 polyp (zoology), polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mouth is fringed with tentacles. Although some species are solitary, most are Colony (biology), colonial. The founding polyp settles and starts to secrete calcium carbonate to protect its soft body. Solitary corals can be as much as across but in colonial species the polyps are usually only a few millimetres in diameter. These polyps reproduce asexually by budding, but remain attached to each other, forming a multi-polyp colony of cloning, clones with a common skeleton, which may be up to several metres in diameter or height according to species. The shape and appearance of each coral colony depends not only on the species, but also on its location, depth, the amount of water movement and other factors. Many shallow-water co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton. A coral "group" is a colony of very many genetically identical polyps. Each polyp is a sac-like animal typically only a few millimeters in diameter and a few centimeters in height. A set of tentacles surround a central mouth opening. Each polyp excretes an exoskeleton near the base. Over many generations, the colony thus creates a skeleton characteristic of the species which can measure up to several meters in size. Individual colonies grow by asexual reproduction of polyps. Corals also breed sexually by spawning: polyps of the same species release gametes simultaneously overnight, often around a full moon. Fertilized eggs form planulae, a mobile early form of the coral polyp which, when m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merulinidae
Merulinidae is a family of reef-building 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, without paliform lobes. The valleys are superficial or may be indistinct because of fan-like spreading or contortions in the ridges. Faviidae and Trachyphylliidae are the most closely related families. Genera The World Register of Marine Species includes these genera in the family: *'' Astrea'' Lamarck, 1801 *''Australogyra'' Veron & Pichon, 1982 *'' Boninastrea'' Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 *''Caulastraea'' Dana, 1846 *''Coelastrea'' Verrill, 1866 *''Cyphastrea'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''Dipsastraea'' Blainville, 1830 *''Echinopora'' Lamarck, 1816 *'' Erythrastrea'' Pichon, Scheer & Pillai, 1983 *''Favites'' Link, 1807 *''Goniastrea'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''Hydnophora'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1807 *'' Hydnophyllia'' † Reis, 1889 *'' Isastraea''† Milne Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Register Of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the information, which is gathered from the primary scientific literature as well as from some external regional and taxon-specific databases. WoRMS maintains valid names of all marine organisms, but also provides information on synonyms and invalid names. It is an ongoing task to maintain the registry, since new species are constantly being discovered and described by scientists; in addition, the nomenclature and taxonomy of existing species is often corrected or changed as new research is constantly being published. Subsets of WoRMS content are made available, and can have separate badging and their own home/launch pages, as "subregisters", such as the ''World List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydnophora Bonsai
''Hydnophora'' is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Merulinidae. List of species According to World Register of Marine Species : * '' Hydnophora bonsai'' Veron, 1990 * '' Hydnophora exesa'' (Pallas, 1766) * ''Hydnophora grandis'' Gardiner, 1904 * '' Hydnophora microconos'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Hydnophora pilosa'' Veron, 1985 * ''Hydnophora rigida Hydnophora rigida, commonly known as horn coral, are found in reefs and are in the genus ''Hydnophora''. They were first described by Dana in 1846. Their color is naturally green and brown, or sometimes cream. They can also become fluorescent green ...'' (Dana, 1846) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydnophora Grandis
''Hydnophora'' is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Merulinidae. List of species According to World Register of Marine Species : * '' Hydnophora bonsai'' Veron, 1990 * '' Hydnophora exesa'' (Pallas, 1766) * '' Hydnophora grandis'' Gardiner, 1904 * '' Hydnophora microconos'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Hydnophora pilosa'' Veron, 1985 * ''Hydnophora rigida Hydnophora rigida, commonly known as horn coral, are found in reefs and are in the genus ''Hydnophora''. They were first described by Dana in 1846. Their color is naturally green and brown, or sometimes cream. They can also become fluorescent green ...'' (Dana, 1846) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydnophora Microconos
''Hydnophora'' is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Merulinidae. List of species According to World Register of Marine Species : * ''Hydnophora bonsai'' Veron, 1990 * '' Hydnophora exesa'' (Pallas, 1766) * ''Hydnophora grandis'' Gardiner, 1904 * '' Hydnophora microconos'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Hydnophora pilosa'' Veron, 1985 * ''Hydnophora rigida Hydnophora rigida, commonly known as horn coral, are found in reefs and are in the genus ''Hydnophora''. They were first described by Dana in 1846. Their color is naturally green and brown, or sometimes cream. They can also become fluorescent green ...'' (Dana, 1846) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydnophora Pilosa
''Hydnophora'' is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Merulinidae. List of species According to World Register of Marine Species : * ''Hydnophora bonsai'' Veron, 1990 * '' Hydnophora exesa'' (Pallas, 1766) * ''Hydnophora grandis'' Gardiner, 1904 * ''Hydnophora microconos'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Hydnophora pilosa'' Veron, 1985 * ''Hydnophora rigida Hydnophora rigida, commonly known as horn coral, are found in reefs and are in the genus ''Hydnophora''. They were first described by Dana in 1846. Their color is naturally green and brown, or sometimes cream. They can also become fluorescent green ...'' (Dana, 1846) References Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hydnophora Rigida
Hydnophora rigida, commonly known as horn coral, are found in reefs and are in the genus ''Hydnophora''. They were first described by Dana in 1846. Their color is naturally green and brown, or sometimes cream. They can also become fluorescent green and cyano-red emission. Distribution and background ''H. rigida'' was described by Dana in 1846. One of the most common species of Hydnophora is the ''H. rigida''. Other common names are horn coral or spine coral. They are commonly found in shallow reef environments around Australia and the Philippines, Fiji, Indonesia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, in the Great Barrier Reef, North West Cape and the Coral Sea. They can also be found on the east coasts of Africa and around Madagascar. ''H. rigida'' tends to inhabit lagoons and protected reef slopes. Description ''H. rigida'' has thin branches that are cream or green without the encrusting bases. The horn coral also has a green fluorescence or a cyano red emission. They can be seen at dep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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