Tubastraea

Tubastraea
Tubastraea coccinea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Dendrophylliidae
Genus: Tubastraea
Species
Synonyms
List
  • Astropsammia Verrill, 1869
  • Coenopsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  • Pachypsammia Verrill, 1866
  • Placopsammia Duncan, 1876
  • Tubastaea [lapsus]
  • Tubastrea Lesson, 1829 [lapsus]

Tubastraea, also known as sun coral or sun polyps, is a genus of coral in the phylum Cnidaria. It is a cup coral in the family Dendrophylliidae.

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