Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Suborder Refertina > Family Dendrophylliidae > Genus Enallopsammia

Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Amphihelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Enallopsammia*	Michelloti, 1871	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: beaked stony coral sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: scléractiniaire rostré

Literature

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Genbank

Citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135190