Meandrina

Meandrina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. Corals in this genus form massive hemispherical heads or have large flat plates and can grow to a metre (yard) across. Sometimes it is referred to as brain coral.

Meandrina
Small clump of Meandrina meandrites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Subphylum:	Anthozoa
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Meandrinidae
Genus:	Meandrina Lamarck, 1801[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
List Ctenophyllia Dana, 1846 Goreaugyra Wells, 1973 Maeandra Oken, 1815 Maeandrina Dana, 1846 Meandra Oken, 1815

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:^[1]

• Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
• Meandrina danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
• Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011
• Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)
• †Meandrina polygonalis Catullo, 1856