Coenosmilia

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Coenosmilia
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Coenosmilia arbuscula [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Caryophylliidae
Genus: Coenosmilia
Pourtalès, 1874 [2]
Species
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Coenosmilia is a genus of small corals in the family Caryophylliidae.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species includes the following species in the genus : [2]

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References

  1. Cairns S, Kitahara M (2012) An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary. ZooKeys 227: 1-47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.227.3612
  2. 1 2 Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2015). "Coenosmilia - Pourtalès, 1874". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2015-06-25.