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Desmophyllum
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Desmophyllum

Desmophyllum is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cockscomb Cup Coral

speciesDesmophyllum dianthus

Deepwater coral

speciesDesmophyllum pertusum

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195563.