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Sphenotrochus
Sign in to saveSphenotrochus is a genus of stony corals belonging to the family Turbinoliidae, and was first described in 1948 by Henri Milne-Edwards and Jules Haime.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyTurbinoliidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 88
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Turbinoliidae
- Collections
- YPM, USNM, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States, France, South Africa, Costa Rica, Mozambique, New Zealand, Equatorial Guinea
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Sphenotrochus is a genus of stony corals belonging to the family Turbinoliidae, and was first described in 1948 by Henri Milne-Edwards and Jules Haime.
The type species is the extinct Sphenotrochus crispus (Lamarck, 1816) †
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sphenotrochus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.