Tubipora hemprichi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Octocorallia |
Order: | Alcyonacea |
Family: | Tubiporidae |
Genus: | Tubipora |
Species: | T. hemprichi
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Binomial name | |
Tubipora hemprichi
Ehrenberg, 1834
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Tubipora hemprichi is an organ coral in the family Tubiporidae. It was first described in 1834 by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg. [1] [2] The species name honours Wilhelm Hemprich, [2] and was described from a specimen found in the Red Sea. [2]
The species is marine and requires a hard surface to grow on. [3]