title: Meandrina
text: # Meandrina
  
  Meandrina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. Corals in this genus form massive hemispherical heads or have large flat plates and can grow to a metre (yard) across. Sometimes it is referred to as brain coral.
  
  ## Species
  
  The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:
  
  * Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
  * Meandrina danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
  * Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011
  * Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * †Meandrina polygonalis Catullo, 1856
  