''Eguchipsammia'' is a genus of
coral
Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...
s belonging to the family
Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophylliidae is a family 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 incl ...
.
The genus has almost
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species:
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Eguchipsammia cornucopia''
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Eguchipsammia fistula''
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Eguchipsammia gaditana''
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Eguchipsammia japonica''
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Eguchipsammia serpentina''
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Eguchipsammia strigosa''
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Eguchipsammia wellsi''
References
Dendrophylliidae
Scleractinia genera
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