Manicina | |
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Manicina areolata near San Salvador Island, Bahamas | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Mussidae |
Genus: | Manicina Ehrenberg, 1834 [1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Manicina is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Mussidae. [1]
The following species are included in the genus according to the World Register of Marine Species: [1]
Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.
Oculina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Oculinidae. These corals are mostly found in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda but some species occur in the eastern Pacific Ocean. They occur at depths down to 1000 metres.
Bittium is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiidae, the horn snails.
Caloria is a genus of colorful sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.
Miltromorpha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae, in the superfamily Conoidea the cone snails and their allies. This genus was originally described by Carpenter off the west coast of the United States. The species occur mainly on the continental shelf and in insular environments. Their real diversity is poorly understood.
Oenopota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Cantharus is a genus of sea snails in the family Pisaniidae.
Lischkeia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Eucyclidae.
Eulithidium is a genus of small colorful sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Phasianellidae, the pheasant shells.
Tricolia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Tricoliinae of the family Phasianellidae.
Ancilla, common name the ancillas, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ancillariidae.
Turcica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eucyclidae.
Amauropsis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Balanophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the order of stony corals.
Caryophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to 2,670 metres (8,760 ft).
Cidarina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Eucyclidae.
Stylophora is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Pocilloporidae. They are commonly known as cat's paw corals or birdsnest corals. They are native to the Red Sea, the Indo-Pacific region and eastwards as far as the Pitcairn Islands.
Manicina areolata, commonly known as rose coral, is a colonial species of stony coral. It occurs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, sometimes as small solid heads and sometimes as unattached cone-shaped forms.
Plesiastraea is a genus of corals. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Plesiastreidae.
Mesacmaea is a genus of sea anemone in the family Haloclavidae. Members of this genus typically burrow into soft substrates. The only part of the animal that is normally visible is the oral disc and tentacles which lie flat on the sand in a star shape.