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Definition of Order Madreporaria
1. Noun. Stony corals.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Actinozoa, Anthozoa, Class Actinozoa, Class Anthozoa
Member holonyms: Madrepore, Madriporian Coral, Stony Coral, Genus Maeandra, Maeandra, Acropora, Genus Acropora, Fungia, Genus Fungia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Madreporaria
Literary usage of Order Madreporaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Essex Institute by Essex Institute (1868)
"ORDER, MADREPORARIA Edw. and Haime, restricted. This division I have raised to
the rank of an order, thus making it parallel with ALCYONARIA, ..."
2. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"The curve m running highest is the curve of generic differentiation for the Order
Madreporaria, and is compiled from the lists of genera in ..."
3. Elementary Palæontology for Geological Students by Henry Woods (1893)
"... including the well-known stony corals, in which the skeleton is calcareous,
these are very abundant as fossils. SUB-ORDER. MADREPORARIA. ..."
4. Appleton's New Practical Cyclopedia: A New Work of Reference Based Upon the edited by Marcus Benjamin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick, Gerald Van Casteel, George Jotham Hagar (1920)
"... genus of coral animals of the order Madreporaria. They live in the sea, and
form calcareous skeletons (star corals). The polyps are often an inch in ..."
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