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Schizoculina fissipara
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Oculinidae
Genus:	Schizoculina
Species:	S. fissipara
Binomial name
	Schizoculina fissipara; (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850)
Synonyms
	Oculina fissipara Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850;

Schizoculina fissipara is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Oculinidae found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on the western coast of Africa.^[1]^[2]

Description

Schizoculina fissipara can have an upright growth habit or be encrusting, sometimes extending over 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). The upright branches are blueish grey or pale brown. The corallites which house the polyps are circular and up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) in diameter. Sometimes several of them are linked in series.^[2] Schizoculina fissipara has a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae, microalgae that live within the tissue of the polyp.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS (2010). "Schizoculina fissipara (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
^ ^a ^b Family Oculinidae: Schizoculina Horizon. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
^ Schizoculina fissipara EDGE. Retrieved 2011-12-15.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2010). "Schizoculina fissipara (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-12-15.

[Horizon-2] Family Oculinidae: Schizoculina Horizon. Retrieved 2011-12-15.

[3] Schizoculina fissipara EDGE. Retrieved 2011-12-15.

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