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Diploastrea

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Diploastrea
Diploastrea heliopora
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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  1. ^ WoRMS (2018). "Diploastrea Matthai, 1914". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-09-04.