Fungia

Fungia
Mushroom coral, Fungia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Fungiidae
Genus: Fungia
Lamarck, 1801 [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms

Herpetoglossa Wells, 1966

Fungia is a genus of mushroom, disc or plate corals in the family Fungiidae. Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.[2]

Description

Fungia sp.

Corals in the genus Fungia are mostly solitary, some attaining 30 centimetres (12 in) in diameter. However Fungia simplex is colonial.[1] The juveniles attach themselves to rock but larger individuals detach themselves and become free living. They are found in various bright colours including white, pink, red, purple, blue and yellow and are popular with keepers of reef aquariums.[3] The discs are either round or oval and the central mouth, which is surrounded by tentacles, may be a slit. The polyp sits in a calcareous cup, the corallite. The septa are vertical skeletal elements inside the corallite wall and the costae join the septae and continue outside the corallite wall and underneath the coral. In the genus Fungia, both the septae and costae are robust and the spines and teeth found on them are characteristic of the different species. Members of the genus Fungia may be confused with specimens of the related genus Cycloseris but the latter are always free living, even as juveniles, while the former bear a scar showing where they were attached when young.[2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species currently lists the following species:[1]

  • Fungia actiniformis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Fungia acutidens Studer, 1878
  • Fungia adrianae Van Der Horst, 1921
  • Fungia colini (Veron, 2002)
  • Fungia concinna Verrill, 1864
  • Fungia corona Doderlein, 1901
  • Fungia costulata (Ortmann, 1889)
  • Fungia curvata Hoeksema, 1989
  • Fungia cyclolites Lam
  • Fungia distorta Michelin, 1842
  • Fungia echinata (Pallas, 1766)
  • Fungia elegans Verrill, 1870
  • Fungia fieldi Gardiner
  • Fungia fragilis (Alcock, 1893)
  • Fungia fralinae Nemenzo, 1955
  • Fungia fungites (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Fungia granulosa Klunzinger, 1879
  • Fungia gravis Nemenzo, 1955
  • Fungia hexagonalis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Fungia horrida Dana, 1846
  • Fungia klunzingeri Doderlein

  • Fungia madagascarensis Verrill
  • Fungia moluccensis Horst, 1919
  • Fungia papillosa Verrill, 1866
  • Fungia paumotensis Stuchbury, 1833
  • Fungia puishani Veron & DeVantier, 2002
  • Fungia repanda (Dana, 1846)
  • Fungia samboangensis Verrill
  • Fungia scabra Döderlein, 1901
  • Fungia scruposa Klunzinger, 1879
  • Fungia scutaria Lamarck, 1801
  • Fungia seychellensis Hoeksema
  • Fungia sibogae Van Der Horst, 1921
  • Fungia simplex (Gardiner, 1905)
  • Fungia sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851)
  • Fungia somervillei Gardiner
  • Fungia spinifer Claereboudt & Hoeksema, 1987
  • Fungia taiwanensis Hoeksema & Dai, 1991
  • Fungia tenuis Dana, 1846
  • Fungia valida Verrill, 1864
  • Fungia vaughani Boschma, 1923

References

  1. 1 2 3 Martinez, Olga (2012). "Fungia Lamarck, 1801". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  2. 1 2 Fungia The Coral Hub. Retrieved 2011-12-13.
  3. Fungia coral species Retrieved 2011-12-13.

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