Balanopsammia

Balanopsammia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Dendrophylliidae
Genus: Balanopsammia
Ocana & Brito, 2013
Species:
B. wirtzi
Binomial name
Balanopsammia wirtzi
Ocana & Brito, 2013

Balanopsammia is a monotypic genus of corals in the family of tree-leaved corals, Dendrophylliidae.[1] It is represented by a single species, Balanopsammia wirtzi, which occurs in Atlantic waters around the Cape Verde islands of Santiago and Sal.[2] Both the genus and the species were first named and described in 2013 by Ocaña & Brito. The genus name refers to the long confusion in the identification of the species as a Balanophyllia. The species name wirtzi refers to Peter Wirtz who collected several marine species in the East Atlantic.[2]

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