title: Hydnophora
text: # Hydnophora
  
  Hydnophora is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Merulinidae.
  
  ## List of species
  
  According to World Register of Marine Species :
  
  * Hydnophora bonsai Veron, 1990
  * Hydnophora exesa (Pallas, 1766)
  * Hydnophora grandis Gardiner, 1904
  * Hydnophora microconos (Lamarck, 1816)
  * Hydnophora pilosa Veron, 1985
  * Hydnophora rigida (Dana, 1846)
  