| Corynactis | |
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| Corynactis californica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Corallimorpharia |
| Family: | Corallimorphidae |
| Genus: | Corynactis Allman, 1846 |
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Corynactis is a genus of colonial anthozoans similar in appearance to sea anemones and in body format to scleractinian stony corals. These animals are cnidarians in the family Corallimorphidae. Large unidentified polyps of this genus feed on the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci and may help control the crown-of-thorns population.[1]
- ^ Bos AR, GS Gumanao; FN Salac (2008). "A newly discovered predator of the crown-of-thorns starfish" (PDF). Coral Reefs. 27: 581. doi:10.1007/s00338-008-0364-9.