Cladocora caespitosa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Genus
- Cladocora
- Species
- Cladocora caespitosa
- Scientific Name
- Cladocora caespitosa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cladocora caespitosa
Cladocora caespitosa, commonly known as cushion coral, is a stony coral of the subclass Hexacorallia. This species forms the only true coral reef in the Mediterranean Sea.
The species has been observed to demonstrate rejuvenescence, a unique survival strategy that enables the species to recover after warming events.
...Cladocora caespitosa in languages:
- Croatian
- Busenasti koralj
- Czech
- turbinatka protáhlá
- English
- Cushion Coral
- French
- Cladocore en touffe
- Italian
- Madrepora a cuscino
- Italian
- Madrepora pagnotta
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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