''Dendrophyllia'' is a

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of stony cup corals in the

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Dendrophylliidae Dendrophylliidae is a family of stony corals. Most (but not all) members are azooxanthellate and thus have to capture food with their tentacles instead of relying on photosynthesis to produce their food. The World Register of Marine Species incl ...

. Members of this genus are found at depths down to about . They are azooxanthellate corals, meaning that they do not contain

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dinoflagellate The dinoflagellates (Greek δῖνος ''dinos'' "whirling" and Latin ''flagellum'' "whip, scourge") are a monophyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes constituting the phylum Dinoflagellata and are usually considered algae. Dinoflagellates are ...

s as do many species of coral.

Species

The following

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are listed in the

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(WoRMS): *'' Dendrophyllia aculeata'' Latypov, 1990 *'' Dendrophyllia alcocki'' (Wells, 1954) *'' Dendrophyllia alternata'' Pourtalès, 1880 *'' Dendrophyllia arbuscula'' van der Horst, 1922 *'' Dendrophyllia boschmai'' van der Horst, 1926 *'' Dendrophyllia californica'' Durham, 1947 *'' Dendrophyllia carleenae'' Nemenzo, 1983 *'' Dendrophyllia cecilliana'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 *'' Dendrophyllia cladonia'' van der Horst, 1927 *'' Dendrophyllia compressa'' Eguchi & Sazaki, 1973 *'' Dendrophyllia cornigera'' (Lamarck, 1816) *'' Dendrophyllia cribrosa'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 *'' Dendrophyllia dilatata'' van der Horst, 1927 *'' Dendrophyllia florulenta'' Alcock, 1902 *'' Dendrophyllia futojiku'' Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000 *'' Dendrophyllia granosa'' Studer, 1878 *'' Dendrophyllia ijimai'' Yabe & Eguchi, 1934 *'' Dendrophyllia incisa'' (Crossland, 1952) *'' Dendrophyllia indica'' Pillai, 1969 *'' Dendrophyllia johnsoni'' Cairns, 1991 *'' Dendrophyllia laboreli'' Zibrowius & Brito, 1984 *'' Dendrophyllia minima'' Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000 *'' Dendrophyllia minuscula'' Bourne, 1905 *'' Dendrophyllia oldroydae'' Oldroyd, 1924 *'' Dendrophyllia paragracilis'' Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000 *'' Dendrophyllia radians'' (Wright, 1882) *'' Dendrophyllia ramea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *'' Dendrophyllia robusta'' (Bourne, 1905) *'' Dendrophyllia suprarbuscula'' Ogawa & Takahashi, 2000 *'' Dendrophyllia velata'' Crossland, 1952

References

Dendrophylliidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub