Sideractinidae is a family of
corals
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class (biology), class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important C ...
belonging to the order
Corallimorpharia
Corallimorpharia is an order of marine cnidarians closely related to stony or reef building corals (Scleractinia). They occur in both temperate and tropical climates, although they are mostly tropical. Temperate forms tend to be very robust, wit ...
.
Genera:
* ''
Nectactis''
Gravier, 1918
* ''
Sideractis''
Danielssen, 1890
References
Corallimorpharia
Cnidarian families
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