''Cladocora'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of corals in the
order
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* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
of
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 mo ...
.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''
Cladocora arbuscula
''Cladocora'' is a genus of corals in the order of stony corals.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''Cladocora arbuscula'' (Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''Cladocora caespitosa'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Cladocora debilis'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
* ...
''
(Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''
Cladocora caespitosa
''Cladocora caespitosa'', commonly known as cushion coral, is a Scleractinia, stony coral of the Class (biology), subclass Hexacorallia. This species forms the only true coral reef in the Mediterranean Sea.
Description
The polyp (zoology), po ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Cladocora debilis
''Cladocora'' is a genus of corals in the order of stony corals.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''Cladocora arbuscula'' (Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''Cladocora caespitosa'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Cladocora debilis'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
* ...
'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
* ''
Cladocora pacifica
''Cladocora'' is a genus of corals in the order of stony corals.
Species
Species in this genus include:
* ''Cladocora arbuscula'' (Le Sueur, 1821)
* ''Cladocora caespitosa'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''Cladocora debilis
''Cladocora'' is a genus of ...
'' Cairns, 1991
References
Scleractinia
Scleractinia genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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