What is "meandrina"

Meandrina \Me`an*dri"na\, n. [NL.: cf. F. m['e]andrine.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of corals with meandering grooves and ridges, including the brain corals.

n. Any of the genus (taxlink Meandrina genus) of corals with meandering grooves and ridges.

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. Meandrina meandrites is found in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico but the other two species are endemic to Mozambique.