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Merulina
Sign in to saveMerulina is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the southern central Pacific Ocean. Merulina ampliata is the type species.
Species
cabbage coral
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyMerulinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 130
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Merulinidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, USNM, QM, UF, WAM
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Palau, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Niue, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
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Merulina is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the southern central Pacific Ocean. Merulina ampliata is the type species.
==Characteristics== Colonies can be laminar, foliose, columnar or arborescent, and can adopt all of these forms in a single colony. On laminar plates, valleys radiate from the centre, becoming contorted on branching structures.
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