Diploastrea

Diploastrea is the only genus of corals in its monotypic family, Diploastreidae, containing the extant Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) and the extinct Diploastrea polygonalis (Martin, 1880).

Diploastrea
Diploastrea heliopora
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Diploastreidae
Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987
Genus: Diploastrea
Matthai, 1914[1]

References

  1. WoRMS (2018). "Diploastrea Matthai, 1914". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-09-04.


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