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Euphylliidae
Euphylliidae (Greek language, Greek eu-, true; Greek alphabet, Greek phyllon, leaf) are known as a family of Polyp (zoology), polyped Stony coral, stony corals under the order Scleractinia. This Family (biology), family consists of multiple Genus, genera (more than one genus) and various species which are found among the Ocean floor, ocean floor. These coral may be sparse or conspicuous in the wild. However, they are commonly kept in home-aquariums to be enjoyed for their beauty and protection by many fish and their owners. Classification As of the year 2000, the order Scleractinia was divided into 18 artificial families, known as the Acroporidae, Astrocoeniidae, Pocilloporidae, Euphyllidae, Oculinidae, Meandrinidae, Siderastreidae, Agariciidae, Fungiidae, Rhizangiidae, Pectiniidae, Merulinidae, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophylliidae, Mussidae, Faviidae, Trachyphylliidae, and Poritidae (sensu Veron 2000). During this time, only 11 families were known to contain corals that can be cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphyllia
''Euphyllia'' is a genus of Euphylliidae, large-polyped Scleractinia, stony coral. Several species are commonly found in marine aquariums. The genus includes the following species: * ''Euphyllia baliensis'' Turak, Devantier & Erdman, 2012 – bubble coral * ''Euphyllia cristata'' Chevalier, 1971 – grape coral * ''Euphyllia glabrescens'' (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) – torch coral * ''Euphyllia paraglabrescens'' Veron, 1990 The following species have been taxonomically reclassified into the ''Fimbriaphyllia'' genus under the ''Caryophylliidae'' family * ''Euphyllia ancora'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia ancora'')Veron & Pichon, 1980 – hammer coral * ''Euphyllia divisa'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia divisa'')Veron & Pichon, 1980 – frogspawn coral * ''Euphyllia paraancora'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia paraancora'')Veron, 1990 – branching hammer coral * ''Euphyllia paradivisa'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa'')Veron, 1990 – branching frogsp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ctenella
''Ctenella'' is a monotypic genus of stony coral in the family Euphylliidae. It is represented by a single species, ''Ctenella chagius''. These corals are massive in size with meandering valleys between the calyces which have solid, non-porous walls and fine, evenly spaced, solid septae. Classification of Scleractinian (Stony) Corals. Retrieved 2012-11-10. They are found in the being endemic to the . It forms solid, smooth hemispherical domes. Description ''Ctenella chagius'' is a massive, hemispher ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stony Coral
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 mouth is fringed with tentacles. Although some species are solitary, most are colonial. The founding polyp settles and starts to secrete calcium carbonate to protect its soft body. Solitary corals can be as much as across but in colonial species the polyps are usually only a few millimetres in diameter. These polyps reproduce asexually by budding, but remain attached to each other, forming a multi-polyp colony of clones with a common skeleton, which may be up to several metres in diameter or height according to species. The shape and appearance of each coral colony depends not only on the species, but also on its location, depth, the amount of water movement and other factors. Many shallow-water corals contain symbiont unicellular organis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' are solitary organisms, '' Polyphyllia'' consists of a single organism with multiple mouths, and '' Ctenactis'' and '' Herpolitha'' might be considered as solitary organisms with multiple mouths or a colony of individuals, each with its separate mouth. Characteristics Species are generally solitary marine animals capable of benthic locomotion. These corals often appear to be bleached or dead. In most genera, a single polyp emerges from the center of the skeleton to feed at night. Most species remain fully detached from the substrate in adulthood. Some are immobile as well as colonial. Ecology Some species of mushroom coral such as '' Fungia repanda'' and '' Ctenactis echinata'' are able to change sex. This is posited to take place in r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Register Of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive catalogue and list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the information, which is gathered from the primary scientific literature as well as from some external regional and taxon-specific databases. WoRMS maintains valid names of all marine organisms, but also provides information on synonyms and invalid names. It is an ongoing task to maintain the registry, since new species are constantly being discovered and described by scientists; in addition, the nomenclature and taxonomy of existing species is often corrected or changed as new research is constantly being published. Subsets of WoRMS content are made available, and can have separate badging and their own home/launch pages, as "subregisters", such as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zooxanthellae
Zooxanthellae (; zooxanthella) is a colloquial term for single-celled photosynthetic organisms that are able to live in symbiosis with diverse marine invertebrates including corals, jellyfish, demosponges, and nudibranchs. Most known zooxanthellae are in the dinoflagellate genus '' Symbiodinium'', but some are known from the genus '' Amphidinium'', and other taxa, as yet unidentified, may have similar endosymbiont affinities. "Zooxanthella" was originally a genus name (meaning literally "little yellow animal") given in 1881 by Karl Brandt to '' Zooxanthella nutricula'' (a mutualist of the radiolarian '' Collozoum inerme'') which has been placed in the Peridiniales. Another group of unicellular eukaryotes that partake in similar endosymbiotic relationships in both marine and freshwater habitats are green algae zoochlorellae. Zooxanthellae are photosynthetic organisms, which contain chlorophyll a and chlorophyll c, as well as the dinoflagellate pigments peridinin and diadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symbionticism
Symbiogenesis (endosymbiotic theory, or serial endosymbiotic theory) is the leading evolutionary theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic organisms. The theory holds that mitochondria, plastids such as chloroplasts, and possibly other organelles of eukaryotic cells are descended from formerly free-living prokaryotes (more closely related to the Bacteria than to the Archaea) taken one inside the other in endosymbiosis. Mitochondria appear to be phylogenetically related to Rickettsiales bacteria, while chloroplasts are thought to be related to cyanobacteria. The idea that chloroplasts were originally independent organisms that merged into a symbiotic relationship with other one-celled organisms dates back to the 19th century, when it was espoused by researchers such as Andreas Schimper. The endosymbiotic theory was articulated in 1905 and 1910 by the Russian botanist Konstantin Mereschkowski, and advanced and substantiated with microbiological evidence by Lynn Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poritidae
Poritidae is a family of stony corals. Members of the family are colonial hermatypic (reef-building) corals. They are variable in size and form but most are massive, laminar or ramose as well as branching and encrusting. The corallites are compact with very little coenosteum covering the skeleton. The walls of the corallites and the septa are porous. J.E.N. Veron considers the family is not a natural grouping but is a miscellaneous collection of genera that do not fit well elsewhere. Genera The World Register of Marine Species includes the following genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ... in the family: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mussidae
Mussidae is a family of stony coral in the order Scleractinia. Following a taxonomic revision in 2012, the family is now restricted to species found in the Atlantic Ocean, with Pacific species transferred to the new family Lobophylliidae. Many species are referred to as brain coral because their generally spheroid form and grooved surface resembles the convolutions of a brain. Members of this family are found in the reef aquarium trade. Though popular in captivity, they are under threat from environmental destruction like coral bleaching. The Mussidae is one of the coral families most vulnerable to climate change. Taxonomy The family Mussidae has long been recognised on morphological grounds but recent molecular analysis has shown that it, and several other related families, are polyphyletic, the similarities between the species having occurred through convergent evolution. Additionally, some traditional genera such as '' Favia'' and '' Scolymia'' have been found to be polyp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryophylliidae
The Caryophylliidae are a family (biology), family of stony corals found from the tropics to temperate seas, and from shallow to very deep water. Genera *''Africana (coral), Africana'' Ocana & Brito, 2015 *''Anomocora'' Studer, 1878 *''Asterosmilia'' Duncan, 1867 *''Aulocyathus'' Marenzeller, 1904 *''Bathycyathus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''Bourneotrochus'' Wells, 1984 *''Brachytrochus'' † Reuss, 1864 *''Caryophyllia'' Lamarck, 1801 *''Ceratotrochus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''Coelosimilia'' † *''Coenocyathus'' Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''Coenosmilia'' Louis François de Pourtalès, Pourtalès, 1874 *''Colangia'' Louis François de Pourtalès, Pourtalès, 1871 *''Concentrotheca'' Cairns, 1979 *''Confluphyllia'' Zibrowius & Cairns, 1997 *''Conotrochus'' Sequenza, 1864 *''Crispatotrochus'' Woods, 1878 *''Dasmosmilia'' Louis François de Pourtalès, Pourtalès, 1880 *''Dendrosmilia'' † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *''Desmophyllum'' Ehrenberg, 1834 *''Discocya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
