Desmophyllum
{{Short description|Genus of cnidarians}}
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|image = ZooKeys - Desmophyllum dianthus.jpeg
|image_caption = Desmophyllum dianthus
|taxon = Desmophyllum
|authority = Ehrenberg, 1834
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Desmophyllum is a genus of cnidarians belonging to the family Caryophylliidae.{{cite web |title=Desmophyllum Ehrenberg, 1834 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/7876869 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
D. dianthus is one of the most common deepwater corals. It lives at depths reaching 2,000 meters, in cold, dark water. Its polyps are solitary, reproducing only sexually, with sperm densities of less than 500/ml. The corals eat plankton and tiny shrimp with their stinging tentacles. They are found throughout the world’s oceans and provide habitat for deepwater fish and other species.{{Cite web |last=Elliott |first=Christian |date=November 27, 2024 |title=The Secret Sex Lives of Deep, Dark Corals |url=https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-secret-sex-lives-of-deep-dark-corals/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Hakai Magazine |language=en}}
Species
- Desmophyllum affine {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum antiquatum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum cantamessi {{small|Zuffardi-Comerci, 1932}}
- Desmophyllum castellolense {{small|Álvarez-Pérez, 1997}}
- Desmophyllum clavatum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum compressum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum conulatum {{small|Osasco, 1897}}
- Desmophyllum coulsoni {{small|Wells, 1977}}
- Desmophyllum crassum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum cylindraceum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum decuplum {{small|Wells, 1977}}
- Desmophyllum defrancei {{small|(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857)}}
- Desmophyllum dianthus {{small|(Esper, 1794)}}
- Desmophyllum edwardsianum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum ehrenbergianum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum elegans {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum exclavatum {{small|Osasco, 1897}}
- Desmophyllum fungiaeforme {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum gracile {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum hourigani {{small|Cairns, 2021}}
- Desmophyllum joannense {{small|Dennant, 1902}}
- Desmophyllum laevicostatum {{small|Osasco, 1897}}
- Desmophyllum lirioides {{small|Wells, 1977}}
- Desmophyllum maximum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum miocenicum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum multicostatum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum orbiculare {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum pedunculatum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum pertusum {{small|(Linnaeus, 1758)}}
- Desmophyllum quinarium {{small|Tenison-Woods, 1879}}
- Desmophyllum semicostatum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum stokesii {{small|Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848}}
- Desmophyllum striatum {{small|Michelotti, 1871}}
- Desmophyllum striatum {{small|Sismonda, 1871}}
- Desmophyllum sulcatum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
- Desmophyllum taurinense {{small|(Michelin, 1841)}}
- Desmophyllum willcoxi {{small|Gane, 1895}}
- Desmophyllum zancleum {{small|Seguenza, 1864}}
References
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Category:Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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