Species Profile
Meandrina
Brain coral
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCoelenterata
ClassAnthozoa
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Meandrina inhabits warm marine waters.
Sessile and colonial.
Major contributor to coral reefs.
Size & Structure
01
Massive rounded colonies
02
Brain-like grooves
03
Hard limestone skeleton
04
Brown or green colour
Meandrina — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Acoelomate
- Body plan
- Blind sac body plan
- Germ layer
- Diploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Radial
- Fertilization
- External
- Digestion type
- Incomplete, extracellular and intracellular
- Nervous system
- Nerve net
- Excretory organ
- Absent
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Type-I (absent)
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Diffusion
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Gastrovascular
- Skeleton structure
- Exoskeleton (calcareous)
- Level of Organisation
- Tissue level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoconformer
Ecology
Reef framework formation
Habitat for marine organisms
Coastal protection
Economic Importance
Reef tourism importance
Marine research value
Indicator of reef health