Madracis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Pocilloporidae |
| Genus: | Madracis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 |
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Madracis is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Pocilloporidae.[2] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
Description[]
Madracis contains deep water azooxanthellate colonial species. They have a diverse array of growth forms, including fragile branching, dense ramose coralla, massive columnar, nodular and encrusting forms.[3]
Species[]
The following species are recognised:[1]
- Yabe & Sugiyama, 1936
- Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
- Madracis auretenra Locke, Weil & Coates, 2007
- (Ridley, 1881)
- Vermeij, Diekmann & Bak, 2003
- † Durham, 1942
- (Lyman, 1859)
- † Budd, 1992
- † Squires, 1958
- † Wells, 1945
- Wells, 1973
- Neves & Johnsson, 2009
- † Vaughan, 1900
- † Vaughan, 1900
- Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850
- † Wells, 1934
- Marenzeller, 1907
- † Vaughan, 1900
- † Frost & Langenheim, 1974
- Vaughan, 1907
- Veron & Pichon, 1976
- (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)
- (Heller, 1868)
- Zibrowius, 1980
- † Wells, 1973
- † Durham, 1942
- † Wells, 1941
References[]
- ^ a b "Madracis". WoRMS. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Madracis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Neves, Elizabeth & Johnsson, R.. (2009). Taxonomic revision of the southwestern Atlantic Madracis and the description of Madracis fragilis n. sp. (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae), a new coral species from Brazil. Scientia Marina. 73. 739-746. 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n4739.
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