Rhodactis

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.

Rhodactis
Rhodactis inchoata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Corallimorpharia
Family: Discosomidae
Genus: Rhodactis
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Rodactis

Species

The following species are recognized in the genus Rhodactis:[2]

  • Rhodactis bryoides Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
  • Rhodactis howesii Saville-Kent, 1893
  • Rhodactis inchoata Carlgren, 1943
  • Rhodactis indosinensis Carlgren, 1943
  • Rhodactis musciformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Rhodactis osculifera (Le Sueur, 1817)
  • Rhodactis rhodostoma (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)


References
  1. Fautin, D. (2010). "Rhodactis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rhodactis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.


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