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''Rhodactis'' is genus of Mushroom corals which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton.


Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Rhodactis: * ''
Rhodactis bryoides ''Rhodactis'' is genus of Mushroom coral 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 gene ...
'' Haddon & Shackleton, 1893 * ''
Rhodactis howesii ''Rhodactis howesii'' is a species of marine cnidarian in the order Corallimorpharia, a sea anemone-like corallimorph found on reefs in tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the green fuzzy mushroom, elephant ear mushroom ...
'' Saville-Kent, 1893 * ''
Rhodactis inchoata ''Rhodactis inchoata'', otherwise known as the bullseye mushroom or Tonga blue mushroom, is a species of mushroom coral in the genus Rhodactis, this species is also, but more uncommonly, referred to as the hairy or small elephant ear mushroom. Th ...
'' Carlgren, 1943 * ''
Rhodactis indosinensis ''Rhodactis'' is genus of Mushroom corals which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton. Species The following species are r ...
'' Carlgren, 1943 * ''
Rhodactis musciformis ''Rhodactis'' is genus of Mushroom corals which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton. Species The following species are r ...
'' Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 * ''
Rhodactis osculifera ''Rhodactis'' is genus of Mushroom corals which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton. Species The following species are r ...
'' (Le Sueur, 1817) * ''
Rhodactis rhodostoma ''Rhodactis'' is genus of Mushroom corals which are characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton. Species The following species are r ...
'' (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)


References

Discosomidae Hexacorallia genera {{Hexacorallia-stub