Meandrina meandrites

Meandrina meandrites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Meandrinidae
Genus: Meandrina
Species:
M. meandrites
Binomial name
Meandrina meandrites
(Linnaeus, 1758) [2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Goreaugyra memoralis Wells, 1973
  • Madrepora meandrites Linnaeus, 1758

Meandrina meandrites, commonly known as maze coral, is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. It is found primarily on outer coral reef slopes in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

  1. ^ Crabbe, J.; Kennedy, E.; Banaszak, A.; Vermeij, M.; Alvarez-Filip, L. (2022). "Meandrina meandrites". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T133224A165781180. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b van der Land, Jacob (2012). "Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-11-15.