mushroom coral

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mushroom coral - flattened disk-shaped stony coral (usually solitary and unattached)

madrepore, madriporian coral, stony coral - corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islands

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The Australian researchers found that under simulated warming conditions, solitary mushroom coral called Heliofungia actiniformis will swell and squeeze, dramatically expelling their algal tenants.

Scientists seek clues to save reef ecosystems

Hagedorn recently created the first frozen repositories for endangered elkhorn coral, Acropora palmate, and Hawaiian mushroom coral, Fungia scutari.

Genetic banks will store coral sperm

It has already stored frozen sperm and embryonic cells from mushroom coral and rice coral.

The coral cryobank

A macro image of a Mushroom Coral reveals surprisingly erotic beauty.

Every picture tells a story

Many of their names reflect their shapes--brain coral, elkhorn coral, cabbage coral, cactus coral, mushroom coral, and sea whips.

Coral reefs

It is assumed that the nervous responses occur due to prey stimulation of chemoreceptors, as described for the mushroom coral Heliofungia actiniformis by McFarlane and Lawn (1991).

Factors Controlling the Expansion Behavior of Favia favus (Cnidaria: Scleractinia): Effects of Light, Flow, and Planktonic Prey

David Krupp - a marine biologist, coral specialist, and one of my brothers - has documented the same conduct in the Hawaiian mushroom coral Fungia scutaria.

Blaming the Moon: Our natural satellite invokes large-scale aquatic animal attractions

She's so see-through, she's almost invisible on this mushroom coral. You can see her eyes on the right and her tail on the left.