Species Identification
Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Merulinidae

Genus: Dipsastraea

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Dipsastraea albida
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Dipsastraea amicorum
[Basket coral]
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Dipsastraea danai
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Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)

Indo-West Pacific

Dipsastraea faviaformis(Veron, 2000)

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Dipsastraea faviaformis
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FAO

Indo-Pacific. Tropical t

Dipsastraea favus(Forskål, 1775)

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Dipsastraea favus
[Head coral]
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Dipsastraea helianthoides
[Knob coral]
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Dipsastraea lacuna
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Dipsastraea laddi
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Dipsastraea laxa
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Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)

Indo-West Pacific.

Dipsastraea lizardensis(Veron, Pichon & Wijsman-Best, 1977)

Photo by Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)
 
Dipsastraea lizardensis
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Dipsastraea maritima
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Dipsastraea marshae
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Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)

Indo-Pacific

Dipsastraea matthaii(Vaughan, 1918)

Photo by Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)
 
Dipsastraea matthaii
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Dipsastraea pallida
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Dipsastraea rosaria
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Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)

Indo-West Pacific.

Dipsastraea rotumana(Gardiner, 1899)

Photo by Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)
 
Dipsastraea rotumana
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Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)

Indo-Pacific. Tropical t

Dipsastraea speciosa(Dana, 1846)

Photo by Veron, Charlie (J.E.N.)
 
Dipsastraea speciosa
[Larger knob coral]
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Dipsastraea truncata
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Dipsastraea veroni
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Dipsastraea vietnamensis
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