Rhodactis
Genus of corals
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Rhodactis is the genus of Corallimorpharia which is 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.
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| Rhodactis inchoata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Corallimorpharia |
| Family: | Discosomidae |
| Genus: | Rhodactis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851[1] |
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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)
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