Rhizopsammia compacta
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Cairns, Stephen
date: 2026-08-04
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Rhizopsammia compacta Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Rhizopsammia compacta Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=289177 on 2026-08-04
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2010-08-11T21:16:22Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Rhizopsammia compacta Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991
class: Hexacorallia
family: Dendrophylliidae
genus: Rhizopsammia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Sheppard CRC, Sheppard ALS. (1991). Corals and coral communities of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 12: 1-170.
name published in year: 1991
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 206565
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991
specific epithet: compacta
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted