Pseudodiploria

Pseudodiploria
Pseudodiploria strigosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Mussidae
Genus: Pseudodiploria
Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012 [1]
Species

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Pseudodiploria is a genus of stony corals in the subfamily Faviinae of the family Mussidae. This genus was erected in 2012, having been split off from the genus Diploria. This genus is found in the tropical and subtropical West Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.[2]

  1. ^ Hoeksema, Bert (2013). "Pseudodiploria Fukami, Budd & Knowlton, 2012". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. ^ Budd, Ann F.; Fukami, Hironobu; Smith, Nathan D.; Knowlton, Nancy (2012). "Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166 (3): 465–529. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x.