''Heliofungia'' is a
genus
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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 ...
in the
family
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Fungiidae
The Fungiidae () are a family of Cnidaria, commonly known as mushroom corals or plate corals. The family contains thirteen extant genera. They range from solitary corals to colonial species. Some genera such as ''Cycloseris'' and ''Fungia'' ar ...
. These corals are found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. They are
zooxanthellate
Zooxanthellae is a colloquial term for single-celled dinoflagellates that are able to live in symbiosis with diverse marine invertebrates including demosponges, corals, jellyfish, and nudibranchs. Most known zooxanthellae are in the genus ''Sy ...
corals and were formerly considered to be a subgenus of the genus ''
Fungia
''Fungia'' is a genus of corals in the family Fungiidae. It is monotypic with the single species ''Fungia fungites'', which is found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.
Taxonomy
Until 2015, the genus ''Fungia'' had more than 30 species, but b ...
''.
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Species
The World Register of Marine Species currently lists the following two species:[
*'']Heliofungia actiniformis
''Heliofungia actiniformis'' is a solitary species of mushroom coral, a large polyp Scleractinia, stony coral in the Family (biology), family Fungiidae. This coral is found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. It is a Zooxanthellae, zooxa ...
'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
*''Heliofungia fralinae
''Heliofungia'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Fungiidae. These corals are found in shallow water in the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals and were formerly considered to be a subgenus of the genus '' Fungia''.
Specie ...
'' (Nemenzo, 1955)
References
Fungiidae
Scleractinia genera
Cnidarians of the Pacific Ocean
Cnidarians of the Indian Ocean
Marine fauna of Asia
Marine fauna of Oceania
Marine fauna of Southeast Asia
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