Balanopsammia
| Balanopsammia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Dendrophylliidae |
| Genus: | Ocana & Brito, 2013 |
| Species: | B. wirtzi
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| Binomial name | |
| Balanopsammia wirtzi Ocana & Brito, 2013
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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]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Balanopsammia wirtzi.
- ^ Balanopsammia Ocana & Brito, 2013. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 January 2019.
- ^ a b Ocaña, O. & Brito, A., (2013) Balanopsammia wirtzi, a new genus and species of coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from the Cape Verde Islands: A comparative study with the Mediterranean Cladopsammia rolandi. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias, 25: 87–104.