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Duncanopsammia
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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.[2] 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.
Quick Facts Whisker coral, Conservation status ...
Whisker coral | |
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Colony of Duncanopsammia axifuga | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Dendrophylliidae |
Genus: | Duncanopsammia Wells, 1936 [2] |
Species: | D. axifuga |
Binomial name | |
Duncanopsammia axifuga Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848[3] | |
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