Madreporaria (redirected from madreporarians)

Mad`re`po`ra´ri`a

n. pl.

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(Zool.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Madreporaria - stony corals order Madreporaria animal order - the order of animals Actinozoa, Anthozoa, class Actinozoa, class Anthozoa - a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed madrepore, madriporian coral, stony coral - corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands genus Maeandra, Maeandra - brain corals Acropora, genus Acropora - coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn corals Fungia, genus Fungia - a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals