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Description

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"Genus Enallopsammia Michelotti, 1871

Diagnosis. Dendroid (often unplanar) colonies formed by extratentacular budding. Coenosteum compact, synapticulothecate, porous only near calices. Septa arranged normally. Columella small.

Type-species: Coenopsammia scillae Seguenza, 1864, by monotypy." Cairns 1982, p. 57.

Enallopsammia

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Enallopsammia is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Dendrophylliidae.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Enallopsammia Sismonda, 1871". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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Enallopsammia: Brief Summary

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Enallopsammia is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Dendrophylliidae.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1868) Enallopsammia pusilla (Alcock, 1902) Enallopsammia reflexa (Michelotti, 1847) Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878)
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Biology

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azooxanthellate
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Depth range

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110-2165 m
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Diagnosis

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Corallum forms arborescent colonies; costae covered with hispid granules; epitheca absent; corallites sympodially or unifacially directed; costoseptal rostra often present; septa arranged normally; P2 sometimes present; columella papillose; azooxanthellate.

Reference

1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org

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