Meandrina

Meandrina
	Small clump of Meandrina meandrites
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Meandrinidae
Genus:	Meandrina; Lamarck, 1801
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Ctenophyllia Dana, 1846; Goreaugyra Wells, 1973; Maeandra Oken, 1815; Maeandrina Dana, 1846; Meandra Oken, 1815;

Meandrina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. Corals in this genus form massive hemispherical heads or have large flat plates and can grow to a metre (yard) across. Sometimes it is referred to as brain coral.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:^[1]

Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Meandrina danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011
Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)
†Meandrina polygonalis Catullo, 1856

References

^ ^a ^b Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2018). "Meandrina Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-08-06.

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[WoRMS-1] Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2018). "Meandrina Lamarck, 1801". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-08-06.

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