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Dipsastraea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Scleractinia

Family
  
Merulinidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Hexacorallia

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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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