Diploastrea
Appearance
Diploastrea | |
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Diploastrea heliopora | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Diploastreidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987 |
Genus: | Diploastrea Matthai, 1914[1] |
Diploastrea is the only genus of corals in its monotypic family, Diploastreidae, containing the extant Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) and the extinct Diploastrea polygonalis (Martin, 1880).
References
[edit]- ^ WoRMS (2018). "Diploastrea Matthai, 1914". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-09-04.