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Pleuractis
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Pleuractis

Pleuractis is a genus of mushroom corals in the family Fungiidae. Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pleuractis granulosa

speciesPleuractis granulosa

Elongate Mushroom Coral

speciesPleuractis paumotensis

Pleuractis moluccensis

speciesPleuractis moluccensis

Pleuractis seychellensis

speciesPleuractis seychellensis

Pleuractis gravis

speciesPleuractis gravis

Pleuractis taiwanensis

speciesPleuractis taiwanensis

Pleuractis alta

speciesPleuractis alta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 856000.