Diploastrea
Genus of corals
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Diploastrea is the only genus of corals in its monotypic family, Diploastreidae, containing the extant Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) and the extinct Diploastrea polygonalis (Martin, 1880).
| Diploastrea | |
|---|---|
| Diploastrea heliopora | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Diploastreidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987 |
| Genus: | Diploastrea Matthai, 1914[1] |