View Full Version : Are corals in animal or plant kingdom?
Chin_Lee
10-21-2007, 07:50 PM
Animal or plant? My son asked me this morning and I got confused.... wasnt' sure.
Der_Iron_Chef
10-21-2007, 07:53 PM
Cnidaria are animals, belonging to one of four classes:
* Class Anthozoa (anemones, corals, etc.)
* Class Scyphozoa (jellyfish)
* Class Cubozoa (box jellies)
* Class Hydrozoa (Obelia, Aequorea, Portuguese Man o' War, etc.)
Zoaelite
10-21-2007, 07:59 PM
Cnidaria are animals, belonging to one of four classes:
* Class Anthozoa (anemones, corals, etc.)
* Class Scyphozoa (jellyfish)
* Class Cubozoa (box jellies)
* Class Hydrozoa (Obelia, Aequorea, Portuguese Man o' War, etc.)
So Lets take a general hard coral such as a Monti Cap
Here is the tree:
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Superphylum: Radiata
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia
Familia: Acroporidae
Genus: Montipora
Chin_Lee
10-21-2007, 10:07 PM
thanks guys.
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