Manicina areolata

Manicina areolata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Mussidae
Genus: Manicina
Species:
M. areolata
Binomial name
Manicina areolata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Madrepora areolata Linnaeus, 1758

Manicina areolata, commonly known as rose coral, is a colonial species of stony coral. It occurs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, sometimes as small solid heads and sometimes as unattached cone-shaped forms.