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Duncanopsammia
Sign in to saveDuncanopsammia is a monotypic genus of stony corals. It is represented by the single species, Duncanopsammia axifuga, commonly called whisker coral, duncanops coral, or simply duncan coral. Individual polyps are fairly large with round skeletal bases (corallites) in diameter and larger central discs from which multiple tentacles radiate; the polyps form a structure branching at irregular intervals to form a large colony.
Species
whiskers
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyDendrophylliidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Collections
- UF, MAGNT, WAM, QM
- Recorded in
- Timor-Leste, Australia, Korea, Republic Of
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dendrophylliidae
- Image
- Vi - Duncanopsammia axifuga 1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Duncanopsammia
- taxon rank
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- topic's main category
- Category:Duncanopsammia
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Habitat and distribution
- Description
- Aquarium trade
- References
Duncanopsammia is a monotypic genus of stony corals. It is represented by the single species, Duncanopsammia axifuga, commonly called whisker coral, duncanops coral, or simply duncan coral. Individual polyps are fairly large with round skeletal bases (corallites) in diameter and larger central discs from which multiple tentacles radiate; the polyps form a structure branching at irregular intervals to form a large colony.
== Habitat and distribution ==
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