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