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order

hard or stony corals
Scleractinia Bourne, 1900

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Cnidaria - anemones, corals and jellyfish »  class Anthozoa

Scientific synonyms

Madreporaria

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Images

Diploria clivosa - Knobby Brain Coral

Diploria clivosa - Knobby Brain Coral

Author: Michael Kesl

Acropora palmata - Elkhorn Coral

Acropora palmata - Elkhorn Coral

Author: Paige Gill (NOAA)

Fungia scutaria - Plate Mushroom Coral

Fungia scutaria - Plate Mushroom Coral

Author: Dr. James P. McVey
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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 6

suborder Astrocoeniina Vaughan & Wells, 1943
suborder Caryophylliina Vaughan & Wells, 1943
suborder Dendrophylliina Vaughan & Wells, 1943
suborder Faviina Vaughan & Wells, 1943
suborder Fungiina Verrill, 1865
family Latomeandridae Alloiteau, 1952 †

Links and literature

EN Hexacorallians of the World
Fautin D. G.: Hexacorallians of the World [http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/hexacoral/ane...]
EN Tree of Life [Scleractinia]
Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
CZ Pfleger V. (1997): České názvy živočichů I. Houby (Porifera), žahavci (Cnidaria), žebernatky (Ctenophora), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 56 pp. [as Scleractinia]
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† extinct taxon



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