''Meandrina'' is a
genus of
colonial
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stony coral in the
family Meandrinidae. Corals in this genus form massive hemispherical heads or have large flat plates and can grow to a metre (yard) across. Sometimes it is referred to as brain coral.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:
[
* '' Meandrina brasiliensis'' (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
* '' Meandrina danae'' (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
* '' Meandrina jacksoni'' Weil & Pinzón, 2011
* '' Meandrina meandrites'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* †'' Meandrina polygonalis'' Catullo, 1856
]
References
Scleractinia genera
Meandrinidae
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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