Dipsastraea

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Dipsastraea
Dipsastraea matthaii (Favia matthaii).jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Merulinidae
Genus: Dipsastraea
Blainville, 1830 [1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
List
  • Astraea (Fissicella)
  • Barabattoia Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941 (junior synonym)
  • Bikiniastrea Wells, 1954
  • Heliastraea Milne Edwards, 1857
  • Heliastrea Milne Edwards, 1857

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.

Species[]

The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of Marine Species :[1]

  • (Veron, 2000)
  • (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
  • (Latypov, 2013)
  • (Milne Edwards, 1857)
  • (Veron, 2000)
  • (Forskål, 1775)
  • (Wells, 1954)
  • (Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000)
  • (Wells, 1954)
  • (Klunzinger, 1879)
  • (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)
  • (Nemezo, 1971)
  • (Veron, 2000)
  • (Vaughan, 1918)
  • (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)
  • (Nemenzo, 1971)
  • Dipsastraea pallida (Dana, 1846)
  • (Veron, 2000)
  • (Gardiner, 1899)
  • Dipsastraea speciosa (Dana, 1846)
  • (Veron, 2000)
  • (Moll & Best, 1984)
  • (Veron, 2000)
  • (Scheer & Pillai, 1983)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Hoeksema, Bert (2015). "Dipsastraea Blainville, 1830". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-25.


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