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碓珊瑚屬

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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

• Hydnophora bonsai
• Hydnophora exesa
• Hydnophora grandis
• Hydnophora microconos
• Hydnophora pilosa
• Hydnophora rigida

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