''Platygyra'' is a
genus
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of
stony corals in the
family
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Merulinidae
Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals.
Characteristics
All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, without paliform lobes. The valle ...
.
Species
The following
species
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are currently recognized:
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Platygyra acuta''
Veron, 2002
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Platygyra carnosus''
Veron, 2002
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Platygyra contorta''
Veron, 1990
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Platygyra crosslandi''
(Matthai, 1928)
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Platygyra daedalea''
(Ellis & Solander, 1786)
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Platygyra lamellina''
(Ehrenberg, 1834)
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Platygyra pini''
Chevalier, 1975
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Platygyra ryukyuensis''
Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935
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Platygyra sinensis''
(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
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Platygyra verweyi''
Wijsman-Best, 1976
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Platygyra yaeyamaensis''
(Eguchi & Shirai, 1977)
References
External links
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Merulinidae
Scleractinia genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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