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Merulinidae
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Merulinidae

The Merulinidae are a family of reef-building stony corals.

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24 branches of this family, most-observed first

Dipsastraea

genusDipsastraea

Greater maze corals

genusPlatygyra

Orbicella

genusOrbicella

honeycomb corals

genusFavites

Goniastrea

genusGoniastrea

Hedgehog Corals

genusEchinopora

Hydnophora

genusHydnophora

Cyphastrea

genusCyphastrea

Mycedium

genusMycedium

Pectinia

genusPectinia

Merulina

genusMerulina

Leptoria

genusLeptoria

Coelastrea

genusCoelastrea

Paragoniastrea

genusParagoniastrea

Oulophyllia

genusOulophyllia

Astrea

genusAstrea

Trachyphyllia

genusTrachyphyllia

Astraeosmilia

genusAstraeosmilia

Caulastraea

genusCaulastraea

Paramontastraea

genusParamontastraea

Catalaphyllia

genusCatalaphyllia

Physophyllia

genusPhysophyllia

Australogyra

genusAustralogyra

Boninastrea

genusBoninastrea

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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 85893.