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Dendrophyllia
Sign in to saveDendrophyllia 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
turret coral
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyDendrophylliidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 540
- With media
- 66
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Collections
- LACM, SDNHM, CAS, UCMP, UF, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Japan, France, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dendrophylliidae
- Image
- DendrophylliacribrosaJI1.jpg
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Dendrophyllia 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): Dendrophyllia aculeata Latypov, 1990 Dendrophyllia alcocki (Wells, 1954) Dendrophyllia alternata Pourtalès, 1880 Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922 Dendrophyllia boschmai van der Horst, 1926 Dendrophyllia californica Durham, 1947 Dendrophyllia carleenae Nemenzo, 1983 Dendrophyllia cecilliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Dendrophyllia cladonia van der Horst, 1927 Dendrophyllia compressa Eguchi & Sazaki, 1973 Dendrophyllia cornigera (Lamarck, 1816) Dendrophyllia cribrosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Dendrophyllia dilatata van der Horst, 1927 Dendrophyllia florulenta Alcock, 1902 Dendrophyllia futojiku Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000 Dendrophyllia granosa Studer, 1878 Dendrophyllia ijimai Yabe & Eguchi, 1934 Dendrophyllia incisa (Crossland, 1952) Dendrophyllia indica Pillai, 1969 Dendrophyllia johnsoni Cairns, 1991 Dendrophyllia laboreli Zibrowius & Brito, 1984 Dendrophyllia minima Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000 Dendrophyllia minuscula Bourne, 1905 Dendrophyllia oldroydae Oldroyd, 1924 Dendrophyllia paragracilis Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000 Dendrophyllia radians (Wright, 1882) Dendrophyllia ramea (Linnaeus, 1758) Dendrophyllia robusta (Bourne, 1905) Dendrophyllia suprarbuscula Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000 Dendrophyllia velata Crossland, 1952
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