Acabaria
Encyclopedia
Acabaria is a genus
of coral
s in the family
Melithaeidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Melithaeidae.
Species
Species in the genus include:- Acabaria amboinensis Hentschel, 1903
- Acabaria andamanensis van Ofwegen, 1987
- Acabaria australis (Gray, 1868)
- Acabaria baladea Grasshoff, 1999
- Acabaria bicolor (Nutting, 1911)
- Acabaria biserialis Kükenthal, 1908
- Acabaria capensis (Studer, 1878)
- Acabaria cinquemiglia Grasshoff, 1999
- Acabaria confusum Moroff, 1902
- Acabaria corymbosa Kükenthal, 1908
- Acabaria dakini Thorpe, 1928
- Acabaria delicata Hickson, 1940
- Acabaria divaricata Gray, 1859
- Acabaria erythraea (Ehrenberg, 1834)
- Acabaria flabellum (Thomson & Mackinnon, 1910)
- Acabaria formosa Nutting, 1911
- Acabaria formosum Moroff, 1902
- Acabaria fragilis Wright & Studer, 1889
- Acabaria frondosa (Brundin, 1896)
- Acabaria furcata (Thomson, 1916)
- Acabaria gracillima (Ridley, 1884)
- Acabaria haddoni Hickson, 1937
- Acabaria harbereri Kükenthal, 1908
- Acabaria hicksoni Nutting, 1911
- Acabaria japonica (Verrill, 1865)
- Acabaria kuea Grasshoff, 1999
- Acabaria laevis Wright & Studer, 1889
- Acabaria modesta Kükenthal, 1908
- Acabaria nuttingi Hickson, 1937
- Acabaria ouvea Grasshoff, 1999
- Acabaria philippinensis (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Acabaria planoregularis Kükenthal, 1909
- Acabaria pulchra Hickson, 1937
- Acabaria ramulosa Kükenthal, 1909
- Acabaria robusta (Shann, 1912)
- Acabaria rubeola (Wright & Studer, 1889)
- Acabaria rubra Esper, 1789
- Acabaria serrata Ridley, 1884
- Acabaria sinaica Grasshoff, 2000
- Acabaria splendens (Thomson & McQueen, 1908)
- Acabaria squarrosa Kükenthal, 1909
- Acabaria tenuis Kükenthal, 1908
- Acabaria triangulata Nutting, 1911
- Acabaria undulata Kükenthal, 1908
- Acabaria valdiviae Kükenthal, 1908
- Acabaria variabilis (Hickson, 1905)