''Heteropolypus'' is a
genus
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of
soft corals
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in the
family
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.
Species
Species in the genus include:
*''
Heteropolypus insolitus''
Tixier-Durivault, 1964
*''
Heteropolypus japonicus''
(Nutting, 1912)
*''
Heteropolypus ritteri''
(Nutting, 1909)
*''
Heteropolypus sol''
Molodtsova, 2013
*''
Heteropolypus steenstrupi''
(Wright & Studer, 1889)
References
Alcyoniidae
Octocorallia genera
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