Fungiidae

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Fungiidae

Close-up of Fungia scutaria

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Fungiidae

Genera

See text.

Fungiidae (pronounced /fən-gɪ-ɪ-daː/) is a family of Cnidaria that contains the mushroom corals (sometimes known as disc corals, solitary corals or plate corals). Species are generally solitary marine animals that are 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.

1 Genera
- 1.1 Notable species
2 Notes
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Genera

Ctenactis
Cycloseris
Diaseris
Fungia
Halomitra
Heliofungia
Herpolita
Lithophyllon
Podabacia
Polyphyllia
Sandalolitha
Zoopilus

[edit] Notable species

One fungiid species, Heliofungia actiniformis ("anemone coral"), can be easily mistaken for a sea anemone [actiniarian] because its tentacles remain visible during the day.
Fungia spp. have a commensal pipefish, Siokunichthys nigrolineatus [1].
Some fungiids can be elongate and look like a sea cucumber [stichopodid].

[edit] Notes

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