Scleractinia genera

Agaricia is a genus of colonial stony corals in the family Agariciidae. These corals are found in shallow waters of the West Indies.

Plesiastraea is a genus of corals. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Plesiastreidae.

Cladopsammia is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate corals, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic dinoflagellates as do many species of coral.

Culicia is a genus of corals belonging to the family Rhizangiidae.

Polymyces is a genus of corals belonging to the family Flabellidae.

Monomyces is a genus of corals belonging to the family Flabellidae.

Leptastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals known primarily from the Indo-Pacific. Although previously assigned to Faviidae, Budd et al. (2012) assigned it to Scleractinia incertae sedis based on phylogenetic results demonstrating the polyphyly of Faviidae. Assigned to family Leptastreidae by Rowlett (2020).

Oxypora is a genus of large polyp stony corals. Members of this genus are colonial corals and are generally foliaceous.

Rhombopsammia is a genus of stony corals in the family Micrabaciidae commonly known as button corals.

Orbicella is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. The Orbicella species complex comprises three sister species, namely Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella annularis and Orbicella franksi, all of which are shallow-water, zooxanthellate species and are native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Cynarina is a genus of stony corals in the family Lobophylliidae.

Mycetophyllia is a genus of stony corals in the family Mussidae. The genera are native to the Caribbean Sea and sometimes kept in reef aquariums. Like all corals in the family Mussidae, Mycetophyllia are hermatypic, or reef-building corals. They receive nutrients from their symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae, which are single-celled photosynthetic dinoflagellates. They are passive suspension feeders that feed on organic matter suspended in the water column.

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==Description== Mussismilia is a colonial coral. Budding is always intracalicular, occurring inside the oral disc of the polyp, within the whorl of tentacles. The corallites are phaceloid or subplocoid, with irregular teeth or one to three centres being linked. When coenosteum is present, there is a distinctive double wall. The columella is discontinuous. The septa are porous and have unique, multi-directional teeth formed of twisted threads. The columella is spongy, and the columellar teeth are different in size and shape from the septal teeth.

Isophyllia is a genus of stony coral in the subfamily Mussinae of the family Mussidae.

Endopachys is a genus of corals belonging to the family Dendrophylliidae.

Dichocoenia is a monotypic genus of stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. It is represented by a single species, Dichocoenia stokesii, which is commonly known as pineapple coral, elliptical star coral, or pancake star coral. It is mostly found in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean. Dichocoenia stokesii has irregular calyces and its form can be either a massive, hemispherical hump or a flat, platform-like structure.

Letepsammia is a genus of corals belonging to the family Micrabaciidae.

Meandrina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. Corals in this genus form massive hemispherical heads or have large flat plates and can grow to a metre (yard) across. Sometimes it is referred to as brain coral.

Coenocyathus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

Pseudodiploria is a genus of stony corals in the subfamily Faviinae of the family Mussidae. This genus was erected in 2012, having been split off from the genus Diploria. This genus is found in the tropical and subtropical West Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Paragoniastrea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae.

Pourtalosmilia is a genus of small corals in the family Caryophylliidae.

Labyrinthocyathus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

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Coenosmilia is a genus of small corals in the family Caryophylliidae.

Trochocyathus is a genus of corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Living species are found in waters near Hawai'i at depths of . Fossil species are found as far back as the latest Paleocene in the Dilwyn Formation of Australia, in the late Cretaceous in the Woodbury Formation of New Jersey, and in Suffolk.

Lochmaeotrochus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

Colangia is a genus of small corals in the family Caryophylliidae.

Coelastrea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Australia, Japan and the East China Sea.

Ceratotrochus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

Crispatotrochus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

Javania is a genus of marine corals belonging to the family Flabellidae, which was first described in 1876 by Peter Martin Duncan.

Anomocora is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

Dasmosmilia is a genus of small corals in the family Caryophylliidae.

Aulocyathus is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

Sphenotrochus is a genus of stony corals belonging to the family Turbinoliidae, and was first described in 1948 by Henri Milne-Edwards and Jules Haime.

Conotrochus is a genus of small corals in the family Caryophylliidae. It holds four species.

Concentrotheca is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

Vaughanella is a genus of small corals in the family Caryophylliidae.

genus of cnidarians

Zoopilus is a monotypic genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Fungiidae. The only species is Zoopilus echinatus.

Isopora is a genus of small polyp stony coral in the phylum Cnidaria.

Micromussa is a genus of stony corals in the family Lobophylliidae.

Diploastrea is the only genus of corals in its monotypic family, Diploastreidae, containing the extant Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) and the extinct Diploastrea polygonalis (Martin, 1880).

Pleuractis is a genus of mushroom corals in the family Fungiidae. Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

thumb|Dipsastraea pallida Dipsastraea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals.

Danafungia is a genus of mushroom corals in the family Fungiidae. Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

Dactylotrochus is a genus of large polyp stony corals from the Red Sea and western Pacific Ocean. It is monotypic with a single species, Dactylotrochus cervicornis. It inhabits the deep sea and is believed to be azooxanthellate.

Astroides is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is monotypic and the only species is Astroides calycularis, which is endemic to the western Mediterranean Sea. The species was first described in 1766 by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas.

Schizoculina is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Oculinidae.

Duncanopsammia is a monotypic genus of stony corals. It is represented by the single species, Duncanopsammia axifuga, commonly called whisker coral, duncanops coral, or simply duncan coral. Individual polyps are fairly large with round skeletal bases (corallites) in diameter and larger central discs from which multiple tentacles radiate; the polyps form a structure branching at irregular intervals to form a large colony.

Solenosmilia is a genus of small corals in the family Caryophylliidae.

Turbinolia is a genus of corals belonging to the family Turbinoliidae.

Homophyllia is a genus of stony corals in the family Lobophylliidae.

Ctenella is a monotypic genus of stony coral in the family Euphylliidae. It is represented by a single species, Ctenella chagius. These corals are massive in size with meandering valleys between the calyces which have solid, non-porous walls and fine, evenly spaced, solid septae. They are found in the Indian Ocean being endemic to the Chagos Archipelago. It forms solid, smooth hemispherical domes.

Manicina is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Mussidae.

Balanopsammia is a monotypic genus of corals in the family of tree-leaved corals, Dendrophylliidae. It is represented by a single species, Balanopsammia wirtzi, which occurs in Atlantic waters around the Cape Verde islands of Santiago and Sal. Both the genus and the species were first named and described in 2013 by Ocaña & Brito. The genus name refers to the long confusion in the identification of the species as a Balanophyllia. The species name wirtzi refers to Peter Wirtz who collected several marine species in the East Atlantic.