Cladopsammia
Sign in to saveCladopsammia is a genus of stony cup corals in the family Dendrophylliidae. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate corals, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic dinoflagellates as do many species of coral.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyDendrophylliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Collections
- USNM, AM, UF
- Recorded in
- Australia, Japan, New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, Oman, Singapore
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- Parent taxon
- Dendrophylliidae
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- Cladopsammia gracilis Maldives.JPG
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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 . They are azooxanthellate corals, meaning that they do not contain symbiotic photosynthetic dinoflagellates as do many species of coral.
==Species== The following species are listed in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): 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)
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