Heliopora

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Heliopora
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Heliopora coerulea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Subphylum: Anthozoa
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Scleralcyonacea
Family: Helioporidae
Moseley, 1876
Genus: Heliopora
de Blainville, 1830

Heliopora is a genus of cnidarian in the family Helioporidae (see below for the family) [1] . The genus consists of reef building corals, and is ancient and highly conserved. [2] The species Heliopora coerulea is also known as "blue coral". [2]

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Helioporidae

In most texts, the family Helioporidae includes only the genus Heliopora and several extinct genera. However, according to McFadden et al. 2022 and some authors in the past, the family Helioporidae is identical with the whole traditional order Helioporacea, i. e. it also contains what is called the family Aulopsammiidae (= Lithotelestidae) by other authors. [1] [3] [4]

Species

Currently, the species known to be part of the genus Heliopora are: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Heliopora de Blainville, 1830". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  2. 1 2 3 Wilson, Nerida G.; Suyama, Yoshihisa; Stat, Michael; Chika Mitsuyuki; Foster, Taryn; Kikuchi, Taisei; Yasuda, Nina; Richards, Zoe T. (2018-10-26). "Integrated evidence reveals a new species in the ancient blue coral genus Heliopora (Octocorallia)". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 15875. Bibcode:2018NatSR...815875R. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32969-z. ISSN   2045-2322. PMC   6203795 . PMID   30367122.
  3. ↑ McFadden, Catherine S.; Ofwegen, Leen P. van; Quattrini, Andrea M. (14 October 2022). "Revisionary systematics of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) guided by phylogenomics". Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biologists. 1 (3). doi: 10.18061/bssb.v1i3.8735 . ISSN   2768-0819.
  4. ↑ Morales, H. H., Löser, H. Revision of the family Helioporidae (Helioporacea, Anthozoa; Cretaceous – Extant). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 287 Heft 3 (2018), p. 351 - 363


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