Dendrophylliidae is a
family
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of
stony corals. Most (but not all) members are azooxanthellate and thus have to capture food with their tentacles instead of relying on photosynthesis to produce their food. The World Register of Marine Species includes these
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
in the family:
* ''
Astroides''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
* ''
Balanophyllia''
Wood, 1844
* ''
Balanopsammia''
Ocana & Brito, 2013
* ''
Bathypsammia''
Marenzeller, 1907
* ''
Cladopsammia''
Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897
* ''
Dendrophyllia''
de Blainville, 1830
* ''
Dichopsammia''
Song, 1994
* ''
Duncanopsammia''
Wells, 1936
* ''
Eguchipsammia''
Cairns, 1994
* ''
Enallopsammia''
Sismonda, 1871
* ''
Endopachys''
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* ''
Endopsammia''
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* ''
Heteropsammia''
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
* ''
Leptopsammia''
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
* ''
Lobopsammia''†
Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
* ''
Notophyllia''
Dennant, 1899
* ''
Pourtalopsammia''
Cairns, 2001
* ''
Rhizopsammia''
Verrill, 1869
* ''
Thecopsammia''
Pourtalès, 1868
* ''
Trochopsammia''
Pourtalès, 1878
* ''
Tubastraea''
Lesson, 1829
* ''
Turbinaria''
Oken, 1815
References
Scleractinia
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
Cnidarian families
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