Lepidisis

Lepidisis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Anthozoa
Subclass:	Octocorallia
Order:	Alcyonacea
Family:	Isididae
Genus:	Lepidisis Verrill, 1883
Species
11 or 12, see text

Lepidisis is a genus of deep-sea bamboo coral of the Isididae family. It contains eleven or twelve species.

Species

Lepidisis caryophyllia - Verrill, 1883
Lepidisis cyanae - Grasshoff, 1986
Lepidisis evalinae - Bayer, 1989
Lepidisis inermis - Studer, 1894
Lepidisis longiflora - Verrill, 1883
Lepidisis macrospiculata - (Kükenthal, 1919)
Lepidisis nuda - (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Lepidisis olapa - Muzik, 1978
Lepidisis rigida - (Kükenthal, 1919)
Lepidisis simplex - (Verrill, 1883)
Lepidisis solitaria - Grant, 1976
Lepidisis vitrea - Verrill, 1883 (may be synonymous with Lepidisis caryophyllia)

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