Lepidisis

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Lepidisis Higher classification Bamboo coral Order Alcyonacea		Family Isididae Phylum Cnidaria Rank Genus Subclass Octocorallia
Similar Bamboo coral, Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Acanella, Isidella

Lepidisis is a genus of deep-sea bamboo coral of the Isididae family. It contains eleven or twelve species.

Species

Lepidisis caryophyllia Verrill, 1883

Lepidisis cyanae Grasshoff, 1986

Lepidisis evalinae Bayer, 1989

Lepidisis inermis Studer, 1894

Lepidisis longiflora Verrill, 1883

Lepidisis macrospiculata (Kükenthal, 1919)

Lepidisis nuda (Wright & Studer, 1889)

Lepidisis olapa Muzik, 1978

Lepidisis rigida (Kükenthal, 1919)

Lepidisis simplex (Verrill, 1883)

Lepidisis solitaria Grant, 1976

Lepidisis vitrea Verrill, 1883 (may be synonymous with Lepidisis caryophyllia)

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