order Madreporaria

Thesaurus

Noun

1.order Madreporaria - stony corals Madreporariaanimal order - the order of animalsActinozoa, Anthozoa, class Actinozoa, class Anthozoa - a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressedmadrepore, madriporian coral, stony coral - corals having calcareous skeletons aggregations of which form reefs and islandsgenus Maeandra, Maeandra - brain coralsAcropora, genus Acropora - coelenterate genus of order Madreporaria, including staghorn coralsFungia, genus Fungia - a genus comprising the usual mushroom corals