Scolymia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Faviidae
- Genus
- Scolymia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Scolymia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Scolymia
Scolymia, commonly called scoly coral, is a genus of large-polyp stony corals (Scleractinia). These animals are believed date back to the Miocene with three extant species present in the western Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico.
...Scolymia in languages:
- English
- Scoly Corals
- English
- Doughnut Corals
- English
- Disc Corals
- English
- Button Corals
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