Balanopsammia
Genus of corals
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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]
| Balanopsammia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Dendrophylliidae |
| Genus: | Balanopsammia Ocana & Brito, 2013 |
| Species: | B. wirtzi |
| Binomial name | |
| Balanopsammia wirtzi Ocana & Brito, 2013 | |
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