Hexacorallians

Hexacorallia

Description

Hexacorallians include stony corals and many anemones, known for body structures arranged in multiples of six. Divers often see them as branching, boulder-like, or delicate corals with tentacles that retract and extend, creating a dynamic underwater “garden.”

Orders

Sea Anemones

Actiniaria

Ceriantharian Anemones

Ceriantharia

Coral Anemones

Corallimorpharia

Hard Corals

Scleractinia

Colonial Anemones

Zoantharia

Taxonomy

Phylum	Cnidarians

Statistics

Orders 5