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| Ricordea yuma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Corallimorpharia |
| Family: | Ricordeidae Watzl, 1922 |
| Genus: | Ricordea Duchassaing de Fonbressin & Michelotti, 1860 |
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Ricordea is genus of corals. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Ricordeidae.
The following species are recognized in the genus Ricordea: [1]
Anthopleura is a genus of sea anemones, of the family Actiniidae.
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.
Corynactis is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae. Large unidentified polyps of this genus feed on the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci and may help control the crown-of-thorns population.
Amphimedon is a genus of sponges with over 60 described species. In 2009, Amphimedon queenslandica was the first species of sponge to have its genome sequenced.
Parazoanthus is a genus of anemone-like anthozoans in the order Zoantharia.
Leptogorgia is a genus of soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. The genus has a widespread distribution with members being found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Western Europe to South Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic coasts of North and South America, the Antilles and the Pacific coast of America. Species are found in both shallow and deep waters.
Agelas is a genus of sea sponge in the class Demospongiae.
Plexauridae is a family of marine colonial octocorals in the phylum Cnidaria. Members of this family are found in shallow tropical and subtropical seas. Many species contain symbiotic photosynthetic protists called zooxanthellae.
Édouard Placide Duchassaing de Fontbressin was a French naturalist. He is noted for his work in botany and spongiology.
Ricordea 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 and fluorescence under ultraviolet light, Ricordea florida is very popular in hobby saltwater aquariums.
Neopetrosia proxima is a species of marine petrosiid sponge native to the tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
Palythoa is a genus of anthozoans in the order Zoantharia.
Carijoa riisei, the snowflake coral or branched pipe coral, is a species of soft coral in the family Clavulariidae. It was originally thought to have been native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and subsequently spread to other areas of the world such as Hawaii and the greater tropical Pacific, where it is regarded as an invasive species. The notion that it is native to the tropical western Atlantic was perpetuated from the fact that the type specimen, described by Duchassaing & Michelotti in 1860, was collected from the US Virgin Islands. It has subsequently been shown through molecular evidence that it is more likely that the species is in fact native to the Indo-Pacific and subsequently spread to the western tropical Atlantic most likely as a hull fouling species prior to its original description.
Carijoa is a genus of soft corals in the family Clavulariidae.
Lebrunia is a genus of sea anemones in the family Aliciidae.
Erythropodium is a genus of soft coral in the family Anthothelidae.
Leptogorgia festiva is a species of gorgonian sea fan in the family Gorgoniidae. It has been recorded in the Caribbean Sea.
Condylactis is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Actiniidae.
Actinostella is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae.
Phyllactis is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Actiniidae.
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