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Animalia Radiata Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Meandrinidae
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| 4 genres | 8 espèces |
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| en.wikipedia | biophysics |
| Description | |||
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| WAtlantiq (+1 genre in Indian Ocean & Red Sea) | tropical | non comestible | peu urticant |
| colonial, zooxanthellate, hermatypiq; with miniature, winding valleys between the corallites; unlike Faviidae, solid corallites, with non-porous walls and evenly spaced, solid septae; | |||
| various different shapes including massive, encrusting, columnar and phaceloid (with tubular corallites united at the base) | |||
Colony not phaceloid Colony meandroid Valleys convoluted Colony hemispherical: Genus Ctenella Colony columnar: Genus Dendrogyra Valleys not convoluted Columella present: Genus Meandrina Columellae absent: Genus Gyrosmilia Colony not meandroid Colony plocoid: Genus Dichocoenia Colony not plocoid: Genus Montigyra Colony phaceloid: Genus Eusmilia |
Reproduction in corals takes place when gametes are released into the water. The fertilized egg develops into a planula larva which forms part of the zooplankton and drifts with the current. After passing through a number of larval stages this settles on the sea bed and undergoes metamorphosis into a polyp. The base of this secretes the calcium carbonate skeleton and the polyp founds a new colony, producing new polyps by budding (en.wiki) | ||
| Etymologies | Source | |
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| meandrina | latin maeandratus = sinueux, tortueux | Gaffiot |
| Dendrogyra cylindrus | ||
| souslesmers / doris / coralpedia / coralsoftheworld | Dendrogyra cylindricus | Ehrenberg, 1834 / VU / ITIS |
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2004 Florida ©Commander William Harrigan NOAA Corps
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Floride ©Harold Hudson
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
macro, 2006 ©LASZLO ILYES
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Atlantiq W | Corail cierge | tropical |
| 1-25m / 100-300cm / 10-15cm dia | gonochorique | colonial, forme digitale ou colonnes cylindriques, aspect duveteux, diurne |
| Dendrogyra cylindrus | ||
| Eusmilia fastigiata | ||
| coralsoftheworld / coralpedia / souslesmers / en.wiki | Synonymes | Pallas, 1766 / LC / ITIS 53622 |
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| 2016 Cozumel (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2016 Cozumel (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2016 Cozumel (Yucatan) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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2010 Honduras ©ryruther
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2007 Virgin Is. ©greensxm
(via INaturalist) |
2017 Caimans ©Rachel Andres-Beck
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2015 Curaçao by Ryan McMinds
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2015 Curaçao by Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2015 Curaçao by Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2016 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Florida Keys by Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Staff
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2015 Curaçao by Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| W-Atlantiq | Corail-fleur doux | tropical |
| 1-60m / 15-50cm (colonie) | dome-shaped & phaceloid, widely spaced tubular corallites, nocturne | |
| Eusmilia fastigiata | ||
| Meandrina meandrites | ||
| doris / souslesmers / coralpedia / saltcorner / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Linnaeus, 1758 / LC / ITIS 53423 |
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2010 Haïti ©Nick Hobgood
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2015 by Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Cuba by Tisquesusa
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Atlantiq W | Corail méandreux | tropical |
| 1-80m / 30-100 cm | urticant | colonie de polypes méandroïdes en plaque ou colonne, hermatypique & zooxanthellate |
| Meandrina meandrites | ||
| Diploria strigosa | ||
| coralsoftheworld / doris | Meandrina strigosa
Pseudodiploria strigosa Coeloria strigosa |
Dana, 1846 /
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ITIS
reclassé en Mussidae (ou Faviidae) |
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| 2010 Florida Keys (US) by Jstuby
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2019 Haiti ©Ana Carolina Hernández-Oquet
(via INaturalist) |
2020 Cuba ©Paul Prior
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| 2014 USA by Frank and Joyce Burek
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2011 Keys (US) by Louiswray
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2008 by Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble
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| W-Atlantiq | Corail cerveau symétrique | tropical |
| 3-10m (jsq 47m) / 15-180cm wide | hermaphrodite | Colonies massives ou encroûtantes, et méandroïdes, nocturne, subsphérique, surface lisse, collines arrondies et vallées larges, hermatypique & zooxanthellate |
| Diploria strigosa | ||
MàJ 19/03/2023
