''Dipsastraea'' is a

genus 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 n ...

of stony corals in the

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Merulinidae Merulinidae is a family of reef-building 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, without paliform lobes. The vall ...

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

Species

The following

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are currently recognized by the

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: *'' Dipsastraea albida'' (Veron, 2000) *''

Dipsastraea amicorum ''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 ...

'' (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) *''

Dipsastraea camranensis ''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 ...

'' (Latypov, 2013) *'' Dipsastraea danai'' (Milne Edwards, 1857) *''

Dipsastraea faviaformis ''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 ...

'' (Veron, 2000) *''

Dipsastraea favus ''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 ...

'' (Forskål, 1775) *'' Dipsastraea helianthoides'' (Wells, 1954) *''

Dipsastraea lacuna ''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 ...

'' (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 ...

'' (Wells, 1954) *'' Dipsastraea laxa'' (Klunzinger, 1879) *'' Dipsastraea lizardensis'' (Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977) *'' Dipsastraea maritima'' (Nemezo, 1971) *'' Dipsastraea marshae'' (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'' (Dana, 1846) *'' Dipsastraea truncata'' (Veron, 2000) *'' Dipsastraea veroni'' (Moll & Best, 1984) *'' Dipsastraea vietnamensis'' (Veron, 2000) *'' Dipsastraea wisseli'' (Scheer & Pillai, 1983)

References

Merulinidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub