Class Anthozoa Rank Species | ||
Similar Oculinidae, Solenastrea, Oculina, Meandrina, Merulina | ||
Schizoculina is a genus of colonial stony corals. The only species recognised by the World Register of Marine Species is Schizoculina fissipara, found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Africa.
Description
Schizoculina fissipara can have an upright growth habit or be encrusting, sometimes extending over 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). The upright branches are blueish grey or pale brown. The corallites which house the polyps are circular and up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter. Sometimes several of them are linked in series. Schizoculina fissipara has a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae, microalgae that live within the tissue of the polyp.
References
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