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Blackened cup corals

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Parent Taxon

• Caryophylliidae

Sibling Taxa

• Annoticyathus
• Anomocora
• Bathycyathus
• Caryophyllia
• Ceratotrochus
• Coenocyathus
• Coenosmilia
• Colangia
• Concentrotheca
• Crispatotrochus
• Dasmosmilia
• Desmophyllum
• Frescocyathus
• Heterocyathus
• Hoplangia
• Labyrinthocyathus
• Paracyathus
• Phacelocyathus
• Phyllangia
• Platycyathus
• Polycyathus
• Rhizosmilia
• Solenosmilia
• Stephanocyathus
• Tethocyathus
• Thalamophyllia
• Trochocyathus
• Vaughanella

Child Taxa

• Paracyathus humilis
• Paracyathus pulchellus
• Paracyathus stearnsii

Top Observation Places

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