Gyrosmilia
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| Gyrosmilia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| 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]
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