Name of animal-plant: Table coral
Species name: Acropora cytheria
Animal type: BENTHIC
Subcategory: coral
Fact:
All animals and plants are given a species name based on a technical term in biological taxnomy. The species name consists of two words and is based on Latin.
The first part of the name identifies the genus to which the species belongs and the second part identifies the species within the genus. In this animals case it is: Acropora cytheria
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