Order of marine cnidarians closely related to stony corals
For stony mushroom corals, see Fungiidae.
Corallimorpharia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Hexacorallia
Order:
Corallimorpharia Stephenson, 1937[1]
Families[2]
Corallimorphidae
Discosomidae
Ricordeidae
Sideractinidae
Synonyms
Coralliomorpharia
Corallimorpharia is an order of marine cnidarians closely related to stony or reef building corals (Scleractinia). They occur in both temperate and tropical climates, although they are mostly tropical. Temperate forms tend to be very robust, with wide and long columns, whereas tropical forms tend to have very short columns with a wide oral disc and very short tentacles. The tentacles are usually arranged in rows radiating from the mouth. Many species occur together in large groups, although there are recorded instances of individuals. In many respects, they resemble the stony corals, except for the absence of a stony skeleton. Morphological and molecular evidence suggests that they are very closely related to stony corals.
Corallimorpharians occur in a wide range of marine habitats, and can be associated with phase shifts in coral reef ecosystems that result in a change from a hard-coral dominated reef to a soft-coral dominated one. They have been observed to overgrow reefs in a carpet formation. Many species are also common invertebrates kept in marine aquaria.
^"Corallimorpharia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
^WoRMS (2011). "Corallimorpharia". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
Corallimorpharia is an order of marine cnidarians closely related to stony or reef building corals (Scleractinia). They occur in both temperate and tropical...
Discosoma is a genus of cnidarians in the order Corallimorpharia. Common names for the genus include mushroom anemone, disc anemone and elephant ear mushroom...
Ricordea yuma is a species of coral in the family Ricordeidae, order Corallimorpharia; This order of corals do not produce the distinctive calcification...
Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846 Corynactis, like other corals in the phylum Corallimorpharia, depend highly on their production of zooxanthellae and numerous animals...
PMID 24475157. Carlgren O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. K Svenska VetenskapsAkad Handl 1: 1–121. Wikispecies...
common name, strawberry anemone, this species is a member of the order Corallimorpharia, and is the only member found in the North American West Coast. Other...
Paleozoic. Alternatively, scleractinians may have developed from a Corallimorpharia-like ancestor. It seems that skeletogenesis may have been associated...
order Actiniaria — sea anemones order Antipatharia — black coral order Corallimorpharia — corallimorphs order Rugosa † order Scleractinia — stony corals order...
florida is a species of coral of the family Ricordeidae and the order Corallimorpharia, whose members are also called false corals. Due to their bright pigmentation...
to a sea anemone or a scleractinian coral polyp, but in the order Corallimorpharia. It is found in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean...
scleractinian stony corals. This species is a solitary animal of the order Corallimorpharia. The strawberry anemone is a very distinctive small bright pink anemone...
Invertebrates: Mushrooms, Elephants Ears, And False Corals: A Review Of The Corallimorpharia". Advanced Aquarist. Pomacanthus Publications, LLC. Retrieved 4 December...
Rhodactis howesii is a species of marine cnidarian in the order Corallimorpharia, a sea anemone-like corallimorph found on reefs in tropical regions of...
pone.0096998 Carlgren O. (1949). A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. K Svenska VetenskapsAkad Handl 1: 1–121. Actiniaria...
There are 302 species of cnidarians (phylum Cnidaria) recorded in Ireland. The cnidarians' distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that...
It belongs to the family Corallimorphidae of the corralimorph order Corallimorpharia. It was first described as Corynactis hoplites by the British biologists...
profundus an early diverging species that holds a key role in the coral to corallimorpharia transition. "Corallimorphus profundus Moseley 1877". Retrieved December...
Panikkar, 1936 Carlgren, O., 1949. A survey of the Ptychodactiaria, Corallimorpharia and Actiniaria. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar,...
2014-12-12. OSCAR OCAÑA & J.C. DEN HARTOG A CATALOGUE OF ACTINIARIA AND CORALLIMORPHARIA FROM THECANARY ISLANDS AND FROM MADEIRA "Gem anemone - Aulactinia verrucosa...
Sideractinidae is a family of corals belonging to the order Corallimorpharia. Genera: Nectactis Gravier, 1918 Sideractis Danielssen, 1890 "Sideractinidae"...
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