Dipsastraea

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Cnidaria Order Scleractinia		Family Merulinidae Rank Genus Subclass Hexacorallia

Similar Dipsastraea speciosa, Scleractinia, Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, Astrea

Dipsastraea is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals.

Species

The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :

Dipsastraea albida (Veron, 2000)

Dipsastraea amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)

Dipsastraea camranensis (Latypov, 2013)

Dipsastraea danai (Milne Edwards, 1857)

Dipsastraea favus (Forskål, 1775)

Dipsastraea helianthoides (Wells, 1954)

Dipsastraea lacuna (Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000)

Dipsastraea laddi (Wells, 1954)

Dipsastraea laxa (Klunzinger, 1879)

Dipsastraea lizardensis (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)

Dipsastraea maritima (Nemezo, 1971)

Dipsastraea marshae (Veron, 2000)

Dipsastraea matthaii (Vaughan, 1918)

Dipsastraea maxima (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)

Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846)

Dipsastraea rosaria (Veron, 2000)

Dipsastraea rotumana (Gardiner, 1899)

Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846)

Dipsastraea truncata (Veron, 2000)

Dipsastraea veroni (Moll & Best, 1984)

Dipsastraea vietnamensis (Veron, 2000)

Dipsastraea wisseli (Scheer & Pillai, 1983)

References

Dipsastraea Wikipedia

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