Diploastrea is the only genus of corals in its monotypic family, Diploastreidae, containing the extant Diploastrea heliopora (Lamarck, 1816) and the extinct Diploastrea polygonalis (Martin, 1880).
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| Diploastrea heliopora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Diploastreidae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987 |
| Genus: | Diploastrea Matthai, 1914[1] |
References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2018). "Diploastrea Matthai, 1914". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
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