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Lepidisis
Sign in to saveLepidisis is a genus of deep-sea bamboo coral in the family Keratoisididae.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleralcyonacea
- FamilyKeratoisididae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 140
- With media
- 108
- Family
- Keratoisididae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, SIO, CMN
- Recorded in
- United States, Japan, Antarctica, Canada
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Lepidisis is a genus of deep-sea bamboo coral in the family Keratoisididae.
==Species== The genus Lepidisis contains the following species: Lepidisis caryophyllia Verrill, 1883 Lepidisis cyanae Grasshoff, 1986 Lepidisis evalinae Bayer, 1989 Lepidisis inermis Studer, 1894 Lepidisis longiflora Verrill, 1883 Lepidisis macrospiculata (Kükenthal, 1919) Lepidisis nuda (Wright & Studer, 1889) Lepidisis olapa Muzik, 1978 Lepidisis rigida (Kükenthal, 1919) Lepidisis simplex (Verrill, 1883) Lepidisis solitaria Grant, 1976
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