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Mushroom Coral 211

$35.89

SKU: CCDAC-MUSH-211

Discosoma is a genus of cnidarians in the order Corallimorpharia. Common names for the genus include mushroom anemonedisc anemone and elephant ear mushroom.  Most species are disc-shaped and produce large amounts of mucus.[4] There are a great variety of colors, including metallic and fluorescent shades and striped and spotted patterns.[4] Discosoma gather food particles from the water. Some species absorb nutrients produced by zooxanthellaephotosynthetic dinoflagellates living in their tissues in a symbiotic relationship.

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Discosoma is a genus of cnidarians in the order Corallimorpharia. Common names for the genus include mushroom anemonedisc anemone and elephant ear mushroom, mushroom coral 211.  Most species are disc-shaped and produce large amounts of mucus.[4] There are a great variety of colors, including metallic and fluorescent shades and striped and spotted patterns.[4] Discosoma gather food particles from the water. Some species absorb nutrients produced by zooxanthellaephotosynthetic dinoflagellates living in their tissues in a symbiotic relationship.  Some species are sold commercially in the aquarium trade.  The red fluorescent protein dTomato which has applications in molecular biology as a reporter protein was first derived from the species.  Corallimorpharia is an order of marine cnidarians closely related to stony or reef building corals (Scleractinia). They occur in both temperate and tropical climates, although they are mostly tropical. Temperate forms tend to be very robust, with wide and long columns, whereas tropical forms tend to have very short columns with a wide oral disc and very short tentacles. The tentacles are usually arranged in rows radiating from the mouth. Many species of mushroom coral 211 occur together in large groups, although there are recorded instances of individuals. In many respects, they resemble the stony corals, except for the absence of a stony skeleton. Morphological and molecular evidence suggests that they are very closely related to stony corals.  Corallimorpharians occur in a wide range of marine habitats, and can be associated with phase shifts in coral reef ecosystems that result in a change from a hard-coral dominated reef to a soft-coral dominated one. They have been observed to overgrow reefs in a carpet formation. Many species are also common invertebrates kept in marine aquaria.  Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that they use mainly for capturing prey. Their bodies consist of mesoglea, a non-living jelly-like substance, sandwiched between two layers of epithelium that are mostly one cell thick.

Weight 0.5 lbs
Dimensions 6 × 6 × 1 in
Color

Blue/Red, Light Green, Maroon, Orange, Pink, Red/Blue, Red

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Mushroom Coral 211
$35.89