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Corallimorphus

Corallimorphus is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae. Members of the genus live off the Pacific coast of the US.

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Corallimorphus
"Corallimorphus sp"
Corallimorphus pilatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Corallimorpharia
Family: Corallimorphidae
Genus: Corallimorphus
Moseley, 1877

Corallimorphus is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae.1 Members of the genus live off the Pacific coast of the US.1

Species

Species so far described in this genus include:1

  • Corallimorphus denhartogi Fautin, White & Pearson, 2002
  • Corallimorphus ingens Gravier, 1918
  • Corallimorphus niwa Fautin, 2011 1
  • Corallimorphus pilatus Fautin, White & Pearson, 2002
  • Corallimorphus profundus Moseley, 1877
  • Corallimorphus rigidus Moseley, 1877
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