Definition of Scleractinias. Meaning of Scleractinias. Synonyms of Scleractinias

- the occurrence of Cantellius (Balnoidea: Pyrgomatidae) an epibiont of scleractinias in stylasterids (Hydrozoa)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society...
- planci, is a large starfish that preys upon hard, or stony, coral polyps (Scleractinia). The crown-of-thorns starfish receives its name from venomous thornlike...
- skeleton made of calcite that is often fossilized. Like modern corals (Scleractinia), rugose corals were invariably benthic, living on the sea floor or in...
- supplement of calcium and alkalinity for reef aquariums. Corals of order Scleractinia build their endoskeletons from aragonite (a polymorph of calcium carbonate)...
- them important coral reef builders like other stony corals in the order Scleractinia. Brain corals are found in shallow warm water coral reefs in all the...
- of several families within the formally accepted taxon Gorgoniidae (Scleractinia). These can be found in order Malacalcyonacea (taxonomic synonyms of...
- Corallimorpharia – corallimorpharians aka "false corals" †Rugosa – rugose corals Scleractinia – stony corals †Tabulata – tabular corals Zoantharia – zoanthids Han...
- and as the calcareous endoskeleton of warm- and cold-water corals (Scleractinia). Several serpulids have aragonitic tubes. Because the mineral deposition...
- between the framework builders. The corals which build reefs today, the Scleractinia, arose after the Permian–Tri****ic extinction event that wiped out the...
- Late Cretaceous (100–66 Ma) and Neogene (23 Ma–present), owing to order Scleractinia corals. Not all reefs in the past were formed by corals: those in the...