Biology:Cladopsammia

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Short description: Genus of corals

Cladopsammia
Coral (Cladopsammia gracilis), mar Rojo, Egipto, 2023-04-15, DD 144.jpg
Cladopsammia gracilis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Dendrophylliidae
Genus: Cladopsammia
Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897[1]
Species
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Cladopsammia is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about 470 metres (1,540 ft). They are azooxanthellate corals, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic dinoflagellates as do many species of coral.[1]

Species

The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS):[1]

  • Cladopsammia echinata Cairns, 1984
  • Cladopsammia eguchii (Wells, 1982)
  • Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
  • Cladopsammia manuelensis (Chevalier, 1966)
  • Cladopsammia rolandi Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897
  • Cladopsammia willeyi (Gardiner, 1899)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3949541 entry