Dendrogyra cylindrus
(Redirected from Pillar coral)
Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Cnidaria • Classis: Anthozoa • Subclassis: Hexacorallia • Ordo: Scleractinia • Subordo: Faviina • Familia: Meandrinidae • Genus: Dendrogyra • Species: Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg, 1834
- English: Pillar coral
- فارسی: مرجان ستونی
- 中文: 支柱珊瑚
Wikispecies has an entry on:
- Note: 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