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Hexacorallia genera

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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.
Lebrunia
genus of sea anemones
Ptychodactis
Ptychodactis is a genus of sea anemones. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Ptychodactinidae.
Isanthus
Isanthus is a genus of sea anemones in the family Isanthidae.
Phyllactis
Phyllactis is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Actiniidae. In 2024, Phyllactis was synonymized with Actinostella.
Pseudactinia
Pseudactinia is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae.
Paraphellia
Paraphellia is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Hormathiidae.
Halianthella
Halianthella is a genus of sea anemones in the family Halcampidae.
Bartholomea
Bartholomea is a genus of sea anemones in the family Aiptasiidae.
Savalia
genus of cnidarians
Aiptasia pallida
Exaiptasia is a genus of sea anemone in the family Aiptasiidae, native to shallow waters in the temperate western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It is monotypic with a single species, Exaiptasia diaphana, and commonly known as the brown anemone, glass anemone, pale anemone, or simply as Aiptasia.
Amplexidiscus
Amplexidiscus fenestrafer, also known as the elephant ear anemone, is a species of coral belonging to the phylum Cnidaria. The name "elephant ear anemone" is a misnomer because it is actually a species of coral. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Amplexidiscus.
Paranthus
Paranthus is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actinostolidae.
Sphenopus
genus of cnidarians
Tanacetipathes
Tanacetipathes is a genus of corals belonging to the family Myriopathidae.
Urticinopsis
Urticina is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae.
Plumapathes
Plumapathes is a genus of black coral in the order Antipatharia.
Actinothoe
Actinothoe is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Sagartiidae.
Bunodactis
Bunodactis is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae.
Terrazoanthus
Terrazoanthus is a genus of corals belonging to the family Hydrozoanthidae.
Isotealia
Isotealia is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae.
Antipathozoanthus
Antipathozoanthus is a genus of macrocnemic zoanthid in the family Parazoanthidae.
Myriopathes
Myriopathes is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Myriopathidae.
Paranemonia
Paranemonia is a genus of sea anemones that consists of two species; both of which are endemic to the Mediterranean Sea:
Anthosactis
Anthosactis is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Actinostolidae.
Microzoanthus
Microzoanthus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the monotypic family Microzoanthidae.
Protanthea
Protanthea simplex is a species of sea anemone found in deep water off the coasts of north west Europe. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Protanthea.
Actinostella
Actinostella is a genus of sea anemones in the family Actiniidae.
Ramirezia
Ramirezia is a genus of sea anemones of the family Acontiophoridae. It currently includes only one species.
Allopathes
Allopathes is a genus of corals in the family Antipathidae. It is characterized by several long stems protruding from a short, thick base with spines arranged vertically around the stem. Its polyps are arranged in a single row that run the length of the coral. This genus was initially a subgenus of Cirrhipathes and Stichopathes, although it also displayed similarities to Antipathes verticillata. However, the presence of branched growth forms excludes it from Stichopathes or Cirrhipathes and the unique morphology of its spines meant that it could not be included in Allopathes. Because they seem
Actinostephanus
genus of cnidarians
Isoaulactinia
Isoaulactinia is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Actiniidae.
Boloceroides
Boloceroides is a genus of sea anemones in the family Boloceroididae. It is monotypic, the sole species being Boloceroides mcmurrichi. It has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans.