Dendrogyra cylindrus

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Cnidaria • Classis: Anthozoa • Subclassis: Hexacorallia • Ordo: Scleractinia • Subordo: Faviina • Familia: Meandrinidae • Genus: Dendrogyra • Species: Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg, 1834

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Dendrogyra cylindrus']

English: Pillar coral, Pillar Coral

Synonyms

Dendrogyra cylindricus (preferred by en.wikipedia & ITIS & WoRMS)

ITIS link: Dendrogyra cylindricus Ehrenberg, 1834

World Register of Marine Species link: Dendrogyra cylindricus Ehrenberg, 1834

Note: For ITIS & WoRMS, this is currently the only extant (living) species in the genus Dendrogyra.

Pillar corals (Dendrogyra cylindricus) are a type of hard coral which live in the western Atlantic Ocean. They are one of the digitate corals which resemble fingers, or a cluster of cigars growing up from the sea floor, but without any secondary branching.

Dendrogyra cylindrus skeleton