Dipsastraea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals.
Dipsastraea | |
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Dipsastraea matthai | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Merulinidae |
Genus: | Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830 [1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Species
editThe following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :[1]
- Dipsastraea albida (Veron, 2000)
- Dipsastraea amicorum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
- Dipsastraea camranensis (Latypov, 2013)
- Dipsastraea danai (Milne Edwards, 1857)
- Dipsastraea faviaformis (Veron, 2000)
- 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 modesta (Nemenzo, 1971)
- 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
edit- ^ a b Hoeksema, Bert (2015). "Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-25.