Rhodactis is the genus of Corallimorpharia which is characterized by large individual polyps that are often reminiscent of a mushroom. Rhodactis are related to stony corals but do not produce a stony skeleton.
Species The following species are recognized in the genus Rhodactis:
Rhodactis bryoides Haddon & Shackleton, 1893 Rhodactis howesii Saville-Kent, 1893 Rhodactis inchoata Carlgren, 1943 Rhodactis indosinensis Carlgren, 1943 Rhodactis musciformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 Rhodactis osculifera (Le Sueur, 1817) Rhodactis rhodostoma (Hemprich & Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
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