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Bird's Nest Coral
Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Cnidaria - anemones, corals and jellyfish »  class Anthozoa »  order Scleractinia - hard or stony corals »  family Pocilloporidae - Stony corals »  genus Pocillopora - Cauliflower corals

Scientific synonyms

Pocillopora acuta Lamarck, 1816
Pocillopora brevicornis Lamarck, 1816
Pocillopora bulbosa Ehrenberg, 1834
Pocillopora caespitosa Dana, 1846
Pocillopora favosa Ehrenburg

Other names

= Cauliflower Coral

Images

Pocillopora damicornis - Bird's Nest Coral

Author: Dr. James P. McVey

Pocillopora damicornis - Bird's Nest Coral

Author: Dr. James P. McVey

Pocillopora damicornis - Bird's Nest Coral

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Pocillopora damicornis - Bird's Nest Coral

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Pocillopora damicornis - Bird's Nest Coral

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Pocillopora damicornis - Bird's Nest Coral

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Pocillopora damicornis - Bird's Nest Coral

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [133222]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
CZ Pfleger V. (1997): České názvy živočichů I. Houby (Porifera), žahavci (Cnidaria), žebernatky (Ctenophora), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 56 pp. [as Pocillopora damicornis (LINNÉ)]
CZ Pfleger V. (1997): České názvy živočichů I. Houby (Porifera), žahavci (Cnidaria), žebernatky (Ctenophora), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 56 pp. [as Pocillopora damicornis]

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