Gyrosmilia

Gyrosmilia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Euphylliidae
Genus: Gyrosmilia
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
Species:
G. interrupta
Binomial name
Gyrosmilia interrupta
(Ehrenberg, 1834)

Gyrosmilia is a monotypic genus of large polyp stony coral. It is represented by a single species, Gyrosmilia interrupta .[2] It was first described by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in 1834 as Manicina interrupta.[2][3]

  1. ^ Turak, E., Sheppard, C. & Wood, E. 2008. Gyrosmilia interrupta . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016.1.
  2. ^ a b "Gyrosmilia interrupta (Ehrenberg, 1834)". 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  3. ^ Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1834). "Beiträge zur physiologischen Kenntniss der Corallenthiere im Allgemeinen und besonders des rothen Meeres, nebst einem Versuche zur physiologischen Systematik derselben". Abhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in Latin). 1832: 225-380 [325]. ISSN 2944-442X. Wikidata Q115748229.