Balanopsammia

Balanopsammia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Anthozoa
Order:Scleractinia
Family:Dendrophylliidae
Genus:Balanopsammia
Ocana & Brito, 2013
Species: B. wirtzi
Binomial name
Balanopsammia wirtzi
Ocana & Brito, 2013

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 is found in Atlantic waters around Cape Verde and western Africa.

The species was first founded in the waters near Ponta Preta around Tarrafal Bay north of Tarrafal of the island of Santiago. Both the genus and the species were first named and described in 2013 by Ocaña & Brito and named it after Peter Wirtz who also founded and described several marine species in the area.[2]

The coral species are founded mainly in the waters off the shores of the island of Santiago.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Balanopsammia wirtzi". Marine Species.
  2. ↑ 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 (Review of the Canarian Science Academy), 25: 87–104.


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