Duncanopsammia

Whisker coral
Colony of Duncanopsammia axifuga
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Dendrophylliidae
Genus: Duncanopsammia
Wells, 1936
Species:
D. axifuga
Binomial name
Duncanopsammia axifuga
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848

Duncanopsammia is a monotypic genus of stony corals. It is represented by the single species, Duncanopsammia axifuga, commonly called whisker coral, duncanops coral, or simply duncan coral. Individual polyps are fairly large with round skeletal bases (corallites) 10–14 millimetres (0.39–0.55 in) in diameter and larger central discs from which multiple tentacles radiate; the polyps form a structure branching at irregular intervals to form a large colony.