Heteropolypus
Genus of corals
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Heteropolypus is a genus of soft corals in the family Alcyoniidae.[1]
| Heteropolypus | |
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| Heteropolypus ritteri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Octocorallia |
| Order: | Malacalcyonacea |
| Family: | Alcyoniidae |
| Genus: | Heteropolypus Tixier-Durivault, 1964 |
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Species
Species in the genus include:
- Heteropolypus insolitus Tixier-Durivault, 1964
- Heteropolypus japonicus (Nutting, 1912)
- Heteropolypus ritteri (Nutting, 1909)
- Heteropolypus sol Molodtsova, 2013
- Heteropolypus steenstrupi (Wright & Studer, 1889)
