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Heteropolypus
Sign in to saveHeteropolypus is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae.
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It is catalogued under topics including Alcyoniidae and Octocorallia genera.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleralcyonacea
- FamilyCoralliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Coralliidae
- Collections
- SIO, USNM, CAS, UF, WAM, QM
- Recorded in
- United States, New Zealand, Australia
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Heteropolypus is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae.
==Species== Species in the genus include: Heteropolypus insolitus Tixier-Durivault, 1964 Heteropolypus japonicus (Nutting, 1912) Heteropolypus ritteri (Nutting, 1909) Heteropolypus sol Molodtsova, 2013 Heteropolypus steenstrupi (Wright & Studer, 1889)
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