Corynactis
Encyclopedia
Corynactis is a genus
of colonial anthozoa
ns similar in appearance to sea anemone
s and in body format to scleractinia
n stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family
Corallimorphidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of colonial anthozoa
Anthozoa
Anthozoa is a class within the phylum Cnidaria that contains the sea anemones and corals. Unlike other cnidarians, anthozoans do not have a medusa stage in their development. Instead, they release sperm and eggs that form a planula, which attaches to some substrate on which the cnidarian grows...
ns similar in appearance to sea anemone
Sea anemone
Sea anemones are a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the order Actiniaria; they are named after the anemone, a terrestrial flower. Sea anemones are classified in the phylum Cnidaria, class Anthozoa, subclass Zoantharia. Anthozoa often have large polyps that allow for digestion of larger...
s and in body format to scleractinia
Scleractinia
Scleractinia, also called stony corals, are exclusively marine animals; they are very similar to sea anemones but generate a hard skeleton. They first appeared in the Middle Triassic and replaced tabulate and rugose corals that went extinct at the end of the Permian...
n stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Corallimorphidae.
Species
Species so far described in this genus include:- Corynactis annulataCorynactis annulataCorynactis annulata, the strawberry anemone, is a bright pink colonial anthozoan similar in body form to sea anemones and scleractinian stony corals. Unlike the true sea anemones, this species is a colonial animal of the order Corallimorpharia....
(Verrill, 1867) - Corynactis australis Haddon & Duerden, 1896 synonyms: C. albida, C. haddoni and C. mollis
- Corynactis bahamensis Watzl, 1922
- Corynactis californicaCorynactis californicaCorynactis californica is a bright red colonial anthozoan similar to sea anemones and scleractinian stony corals. Unlike the Atlantic true sea anemone, Actinia fragacea, that bears the same common name, strawberry anemone, this species is a colonial animal of the order Corallimorpharia...
Carlgren, 1936 - Corynactis carnea Studer, 1879 synomym: C. sanmatiensi
- Corynactis chilensis Carlgren, 1941
- Corynactis delawarei Widersten, 1976
- Corynactis denhartogi Ocaña, 2003
- Corynactis denticulosa (Le Sueur, 1817)
- Corynactis globulifera (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
- Corynactis gracilis Farquhar, 1898
- Corynactis hoplites Haddon & Shackleton, 1893
- Corynactis mediterranea Sars, 1857
- Corynactis parvula Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860 synomym: C. myrcia
- Corynactis sanmatiensis (Zamponi, 1976)
- Corynactis viridis Allman, 1846