| Manicina areolata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Mussidae |
| Genus: | Manicina |
| Species: | M. areolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
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Manicina areolata, commonly known as rose coral, is a colonial species of stony coral. It occurs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, sometimes as small solid heads and sometimes as unattached cone-shaped forms.
- ^ Aronson, R.; Bruckner, A.; Moore, J.; Precht, B.; E. Weil (2008). "Manicina areolata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T132963A3512182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T132963A3512182.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Hoeksema, Bert (2013). "Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 19 August 2017.