| Schizoculina fissipara | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Oculinidae |
| Genus: | Schizoculina |
| Species: | S. fissipara |
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| Schizoculina fissipara (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850) | |
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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.
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. Schizoculina fissipara has a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae, microalgae that live within the tissue of the polyp.
References
- ^ WoRMS (2010). "Schizoculina fissipara (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ^ Family Oculinidae: Schizoculina Horizon. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- Schizoculina fissipara EDGE. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
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