Summary ³

Discosoma (synonym Actinodiscus), commonly known as mushroom anemone, mushroom coral or disc anemone, is a genus of Corallimorph commonly collected, worldwide, as an easy coral to grow in marine aquaria.

Summary ⁴

Discosoma is a genus of cnidarians in the order Corallimorpharia. Common names for the genus include mushroom anemone, disc anemone and elephant ear mushroom.

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1. (c) Matteo Cassella, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matteo Cassella
2. (c) Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pierre-Louis Stenger
3. Adapted by North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discosoma
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discosoma

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• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• World Register of Marine Species

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