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角菊珊瑚屬

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Corallo cervello

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カメノコキクメイシ属

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Parent Taxon

• Merulinidae

Sibling Taxa

• Astraeosmilia
• Astrea
• Australogyra
• Boninastrea
• Catalaphyllia
• Caulastraea
• Coelastrea
• Cyphastrea
• Dipsastraea
• Echinopora
• Favites
• Goniastrea
• Hydnophora
• Leptoria
• Merulina
• Mycedium
• Orbicella
• Oulophyllia
• Paragoniastrea
• Paramontastraea
• Pectinia
• Physophyllia
• Platygyra
• Trachyphyllia

Child Taxa

• Favites abdita
• Favites acuticollis
• Favites chinensis
• Favites colemani
• Favites complanata
• Favites flexuosa
• Favites halicora
• Favites magnistellata
• Favites micropentagonus
• Favites pentagona
• Favites rotundata
• Favites spinosa
• Favites stylifera
• Favites valenciennesi
• Favites vasta

Top Observation Places

• Port Blair