Definition of Fungia. Meaning of Fungia. Synonyms of Fungia

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Definition of Fungia

Fungia
Fungia Fun"gi*a, n. [NL., fr. L. fungus mushroom: cf. F. fongie.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter.

Meaning of Fungia from wikipedia

- Fungia is a genus of corals in the family Fungiidae. It is monotypic with the single species Fungia fungites, which is found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific...
- as Fungia scruposa. The species is also known by synonym Fungia corona (Döderlein, 1901). Hoeksema, B.W.; Rogers, A.; Quibilan, M.C. (2014). "Fungia scruposa"...
- It was originally described as Fungia repanda by Dana in 1846. Hoeksema, B.W.; Rogers, A.; Quibilan, M.C. (2014). "Fungia repanda". IUCN Red List of Threatened...
- solitary corals to colonial species. Some genera such as Cycloseris and Fungia are solitary organisms, Polyphyllia consists of a single organism with multiple...
- Synonyms List Fungia actiniformis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Fungia actinodiscus Umbgrove, 1950 † Fungia cr****itentaculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Fungia diversidens...
- Binomial name Cycloseris curvata (Hoeksema, 1989) Synonyms Cycloseris elegans (Verrill, 1870) Fungia curvata Hoeksema, 1989 Fungia elegans Verrill, 1870...
- (Reticulidia fungia) is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a s****-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phyllidiidae. Reticulidia fungia grows...
- growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Although treated as a subgenus of Fungia by Hoeksma (1989), a 2011 paper elevated Pleuractis to generic level. The...
- Synonyms List Fungia asperata Dana, 1846 Fungia echinata (Pallas, 1766) Fungia ehrenbergi (Leuckart, 1841) Fungia gigantea Dana, 1846 Fungia pectinata Ehrenberg...
- It is found on reef slopes and in lagoons, often in close proximity to Fungia spp. at depths down to about 30 metres (98 ft). Herpolitha limax is a colonial...