Horn Coral

Caryophyllia ambrosia

Classification

Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Caryophylliidae

The Rugosa (rugose corals) are an extinct class of solitary or colonial corals that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas. Solitary rugosans (e. g.

Distribution

Horn Coral — (c) Baptiste Fran├ºois, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Baptiste Fran├ºois, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionRugosa, Wikipedia contributors

Horn Coral

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