Dendrogyra cylindrus

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Cnidaria • Classis: Anthozoa • Subclassis: Hexacorallia • Ordo: Scleractinia • Subordo: Faviina • Familia: Meandrinidae • Genus: Dendrogyra • Species: Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg, 1834

Noms vernaculaires [modifier wikidata 'Dendrogyra cylindricus']

• English: Pillar coral
• فارسی: مرجان ستونی
• 中文: 支柱珊瑚

Wikispecies contient des informations sur :

Dendrogyra cylindricus

Synonymes

Dendrogyra cylindricus (preferred by en.wikipedia & ITIS & WoRMS)

• ITIS link: Dendrogyra cylindricus Ehrenberg, 1834

• World Register of Marine Species link: Dendrogyra cylindricus Ehrenberg, 1834

• Remarque : For ITIS & WoRMS, this is currently the only extant (living) species in the genus Dendrogyra.

Pillar corals (Dendrogyra cylindricus) are a type of hard coral which live in the western Atlantic Ocean. They are one of the digitate corals which resemble fingers, or a cluster of cigars growing up from the sea floor, but without any secondary branching.

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  Dendrogyra cylindrus skeleton