Schizoculina fissipara
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Oculinidae
Genus: Schizoculina
Species:
S. fissipara
Binomial name
Schizoculina fissipara
Synonyms
  • Oculina fissipara Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850

Schizoculina fissipara is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Oculinidae found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Africa.[1][2]

Description

Schizoculina fissipara can have an upright growth habit or be encrusting, sometimes extending over 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). The upright branches are blueish grey or pale brown. The corallites which house the polyps are circular and up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter. Sometimes several of them are linked in series.[2] Schizoculina fissipara has a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae, microalgae that live within the tissue of the polyp.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). "Schizoculina fissipara (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  2. 1 2 Family Oculinidae: Schizoculina Horizon. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  3. ↑ Schizoculina fissipara EDGE. Retrieved 2011-12-15.


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