Corynactis

Corynactis
Corynactis californica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Subclass:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Corallimorpharia
Family:	Corallimorphidae
Genus:	Corynactis Allman, 1846

Corynactis is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae.

Species

Species so far described in this genus include: ^[1]

• Corynactis annulata Verrill, 1867
• Corynactis australis Haddon & Duerden, 1896
• Corynactis caboverdensis den Hartog, Ocaña & Brito, 1993
• Corynactis californica Carlgren, 1936
• Corynactis caribbeorum den Hartog, 1980
• Corynactis carnea Studer, 1879
• Corynactis chilensis Carlgren, 1941
• Corynactis delawarei Widersten, 1976
• Corynactis denhartogi Ocaña, 2003
• Corynactis denticulosa Le Sueur, 1817
• Corynactis globulifera Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834
• Corynactis hoplites Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
• Corynactis mediterranea Sars, 1857
• Corynactis parvula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860
• Corynactis sanmatiensis (Zamponi, 1976)
• Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846

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