Heteropsammia cochlea

Heteropsammia cochlea
	At Watson's Bay, Lizard Island, 17 metres depth
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Dendrophylliidae
Genus:	Heteropsammia
Species:	H. cochlea
Binomial name
	Heteropsammia cochlea; (Spengler, 1781)
Synonyms
	List Heteropsammia aphrodes Alcock, 1893; Heteropsammia michelinii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848; Heteropsammia ovalis Semper, 1872; Heteropsammia pisum Alcock, 1902; Heteropsammia rotundata Semper, 1872; Madrepora cochlea Spengler, 1781;

Heteropsammia cochlea, also known as walking dendro, is a species of small solitary coral in the family Dendrophylliidae that is native to the Indo-Pacific area.

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