''Tubipora'' is a genus of
soft coral
Alcyonacea is the old scientific order name for the informal group known as "soft corals". It is now an unaccepted name for class Octocorallia. It became deprecated .
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. It is the only genus within the monotypic
family
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Tubiporidae.
Tubipora is a soft coral and has an aragonite skeleton, so they are crucial for building reefs around the world. Also, their red color in their aragonite skeleton is caused by iron salts or something called carotenoids. They also have 8 tentacles.
Species
The following species are recognized:
* ''
Tubipora chamissonis''
Ehrenberg, 1834
* ''
Tubipora fimbriata''
Dana, 1846
* ''
Tubipora hemprichi''
Ehrenberg, 1834
* ''
Tubipora musica
The organ pipe coral (''Tubipora musica'') is an alcyonarian Octocorallia, octocoral native to the waters of the Indian Ocean and the central and western regions of the Pacific Ocean. It is the Monotypic, only known species of the genus ''Tubipor ...
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Linnaeus, 1758 —
Organ pipe coral
* ''
Tubipora reptans''
Carter
* ''
Tubipora rubeola''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
* ''
Tubipora syringa''
Dana, 1846
References
2. Luthfi, O. M., Asadi, M. A., Agustiadi, T., & Soegianto, A. (2019). Monitoring on health condition of Tubipora musica (Stolonifera) using colony life-form. ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335505744_ Monitoring_on_health_condition_of_Tubipora_musica_Stolonifera_using_colony_life-form{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15177134, from2=Q10385312
Tubiporidae
Octocorallia genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Taxa described in 1758