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Meandrina
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Meandrina

Meandrina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. Corals in this genus form massive hemispherical heads or have large flat plates and can grow to a metre (yard) across. Meandrina meandrites is found in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico but the other two species are endemic to Mozambique.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Maze Coral

speciesMeandrina meandrites

White Maze Coral

speciesMeandrina jacksoni

Meandrina danae

speciesMeandrina danae

Brazilian maze coral

speciesMeandrina brasiliensis

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Meandrina in Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.60

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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 89789.