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Platygyra
Sign in to savePlatygyra is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae.
Species
brain coral
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyMerulinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 617
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Merulinidae
- Collections
- NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Merulinidae
- Image
- Platygyra lamellina (Hard brain coral).jpg
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- taxon name
- Platygyra
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- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Platygyra
- taxon author citation
- Ehrenberg, 1834
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Platygyra is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae.
== Species == The following species are currently recognized: Platygyra acuta Veron, 2002 Platygyra carnosus Veron, 2002 Platygyra contorta Veron, 1990 Platygyra crosslandi (Matthai, 1928) Platygyra daedalea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Platygyra lamellina (Ehrenberg, 1834) Platygyra pini Chevalier, 1975 Platygyra ryukyuensis Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 Platygyra sinensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best, 1976 Platygyra yaeyamaensis (Eguchi & Shirai, 1977)
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