''Dipsastraea'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

stony corals Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mo ...

in the

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Merulinidae Merulinidae is a Family (biology), family of reef-building Scleractinia, stony corals. Characteristics All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, w ...

. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are

zooxanthella Zooxanthellae (; zooxanthella) is a colloquial term for single-celled photosynthetic organisms that are able to live in symbiosis with diverse marine invertebrates including corals, jellyfish, demosponges, and nudibranchs. Most known zooxanthell ...

te corals.

Species

The following

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are currently recognized by the

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: *'' Dipsastraea albida'' (Veron, 2000) *'' Dipsastraea amicorum'' (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) *'' Dipsastraea camranensis'' (Latypov, 2013) *'' Dipsastraea danai'' (Milne Edwards, 1857) *'' Dipsastraea faviaformis'' (Veron, 2000) *'' Dipsastraea favus'' (Forskål, 1775) *'' Dipsastraea helianthoides'' (Wells, 1954) *'' Dipsastraea lacuna'' (Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000) *''

Dipsastraea laddi ''Dipsastraea'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals. Species The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of ...

'' (Wells, 1954) *''

Dipsastraea laxa ''Dipsastraea'' is a genus (biology), genus of Scleractinia, stony corals in the family (biology), family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals. Species The following species ...

'' (Klunzinger, 1879) *'' Dipsastraea lizardensis'' (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) *'' Dipsastraea maritima'' (Nemezo, 1971) *''

Dipsastraea marshae ''Dipsastraea'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals. Species The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of ...

'' (Veron, 2000) *'' Dipsastraea matthaii'' (Vaughan, 1918) *'' Dipsastraea maxima'' (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) *'' Dipsastraea modesta'' (Nemenzo, 1971) *'' Dipsastraea pallida'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Dipsastraea rosaria'' (Veron, 2000) *'' Dipsastraea rotumana'' (Gardiner, 1899) *''

Dipsastraea speciosa ''Dipsastraea speciosa'' (previously called ''Favia speciosa'') is a species of colonial stony coral in the family Merulinidae. It is found in tropical waters of the Indian and Pacific oceans. Description ''Dipsastraea speciosa'' has rounded ...

'' (Dana, 1846) *''

Dipsastraea truncata ''Dipsastraea'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals. Species The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of ...

'' (Veron, 2000) *''

Dipsastraea veroni ''Dipsastraea'' is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals. Species The following species are currently recognized by the World Register of ...

'' (Moll & Best, 1984) *'' Dipsastraea vietnamensis'' (Veron, 2000) *'' Dipsastraea wisseli'' (Scheer & Pillai, 1983)

References

Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub