Mushroom Coral
Common Name: Mushroom Coral
Scientific Name: Fungiidae
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Other Taxonomy: Order: Scleractinia Suborder: Fungiina Family: Fungiidae
Specimen #: 30
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen condition presumed alive
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: Benthic layer of marine environments
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: Benthic layer of marine environments
Relationship with humans:
Members of the family Fungiidae are not of any commercial importance, but are collected for the aquarium trade and are sold as "plate corals".
Evolutionary Significance:
In most genera, a single polyp emerges from the center of the skeleton to feed at night. Most species remain fully detached from the substrate in adulthood. Some are immobile as well as colonial. Mushroom corals are also able to change sex.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungiidae
Scientific Name: Fungiidae
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Other Taxonomy: Order: Scleractinia Suborder: Fungiina Family: Fungiidae
Specimen #: 30
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen condition presumed alive
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: Benthic layer of marine environments
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: Benthic layer of marine environments
Relationship with humans:
Members of the family Fungiidae are not of any commercial importance, but are collected for the aquarium trade and are sold as "plate corals".
Evolutionary Significance:
In most genera, a single polyp emerges from the center of the skeleton to feed at night. Most species remain fully detached from the substrate in adulthood. Some are immobile as well as colonial. Mushroom corals are also able to change sex.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungiidae