Rhodactis

Rhodactis
Rhodactis inchoata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Subclass: Hexacorallia
Order: Corallimorpharia
Family: Discosomatidae
Genus: Rhodactis
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851[1]
Species[1]
  • R. bryoides Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
  • R. howesii Saville-Kent, 1893
  • R. inchoata Carlgren, 1943
  • R. indosinensis Carlgren, 1943
  • R. musciformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • R. mussoides (Saville-Kent, 1893)
  • R. osculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
  • R. rhodostoma (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)

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.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fautin, D. (2010). "Rhodactis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-19.