English > Madreporaria: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | stony corals. |
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Synonym | order Madreporaria |
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Member of | Anthozoa, class Anthozoa, Actinozoa, class Actinozoa | A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals |
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Members | Acropora, genus Acropora | coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals |
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Fungia, genus Fungia | A genus comprising the usual / usual mushroom corals |
Maeandra, genus Maeandra | brain corals |
stony coral, madrepore, madriporian coral | corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | Madreporaria, orden Madreporaria |
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