Scleraxonia
Sign in to saveScleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.
Species
石軸／骨軸亜目
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderMalacalcyonacea
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- Family
- Na
- Collections
- CAS, QM, HBOI-FAU, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Australia, Panama, Jamaica, American Samoa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Alcyoniina
- Image
- Gorgone de Mayotte.jpg
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- Commons category
- Scleraxonia
- taxon rank
- suborder
- taxon name
- Scleraxonia
- topic's main category
- Category:Scleraxonia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Characteristics
- Families and genera
- References
Scleraxonia is a suborder of corals, a member of the phylum Cnidaria.
==Characteristics== Members of Scleraxonia have a skeletal axis made of calcified spicules, organic fibres or both, which may be separate, linked or fused together.
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