''Tubipora'' is a genus of
soft coral
Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different f ...
. It is the only genus within the monotypic
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
Tubiporidae.
Species
The following species are recognized:
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Tubipora chamissonis
''Tubipora chamissonis'' is an organ coral in the family Tubiporidae. It was first described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, from a specimen collected near Radack Island (in the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), ...
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Ehrenberg, 1834
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Tubipora fimbriata
''Tubipora'' is a genus of soft coral. It is the only genus within the monotypic family Tubiporidae.
Species
The following species are recognized:
* ''Tubipora chamissonis'' Ehrenberg, 1834
* '' Tubipora fimbriata'' Dana, 1846
* '' Tubipora ...
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Dana, 1846
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Tubipora hemprichi
''Tubipora hemprichi'' is an organ coral in the family Tubiporidae. It was first described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. The species name honours Wilhelm Hemprich, and was described from a specimen found in the Red Sea
The Red Se ...
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Ehrenberg, 1834
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Tubipora musica''
Linnaeus, 1758 —
Organ pipe coral
The organ pipe coral (''Tubipora musica'') is an alcyonarian Octocorallia, octocoral native to the waters of the Indian Ocean and the central and western regions of the Pacific Ocean. It is the Monotypic, only known species of the genus ''Tubipor ...
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Tubipora reptans''
Carter
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Tubipora rubeola''
Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
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Tubipora syringa''
Dana, 1846
References
Tubiporidae
Animals described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Octocorallia genera
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