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Open brain coral
species of stony coral
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Merulinidae
Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals.
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Caulastraea
Caulastraea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Species of Caulastraea are commonly found in the aquarium trade under the names candy cane coral or trumpet coral.
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Platygyra
Platygyra is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae.
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Platygyra daedalea
species of cnidarian
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Favites
Favites is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Japan, the Line Islands and the Tuamotu Islands.
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Orbicella annularis
species of Anthozoa
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Caulastraea furcata
species of cnidarian
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Favites pentagona
species of stony coral in the family Merulinidae
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Favites abdita
species of cnidarian
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Hydnophora
Hydnophora is a genus of large polyp stony corals in the family Merulinidae.
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Pectinia
Pectinia is a genus of corals belonging to the family Merulinidae.
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Oulophyllia crispa
species of cnidarian
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Favites halicora
species of coral
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Goniastrea
Goniastrea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Species belonging to the genus Goniastrea forms massive colonies, usually spherical or elongate, with well developed paliform lobes. Polyps can be seen only at night.
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Echinopora
Echinopora is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae.
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Dipsastraea pallida
species of cnidarian
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Platygyra lamellina
species of cnidarian
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Leptoria
Leptoria is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are known as brain corals or closed brain corals. They are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the South Central Pacific Ocean.
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Cyphastrea
Cyphastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae, commonly known as brain coral.
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Merulina
Merulina is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea through the Indian Ocean as far as Japan and the southern central Pacific Ocean. Merulina ampliata is the type species.
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Favites complanata
species of cnidarian
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Oulophyllia
Oulophyllia is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the tropical western and central Indo-Pacific region.
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Dipsastraea speciosa
species of cnidarian
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Goniastrea retiformis
species of cnidarian
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Coelastrea aspera
species of cnidarian
Physophyllia ayleni
species of cnidarian
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Hydnophora exesa
species of cnidarian
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Goniastrea stelligera
species of cnidarian
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Hydnophora rigida
species of cnidarian
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Paragoniastrea australensis
species of Anthozoa
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Goniastrea favulus
species of cnidarian
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Orbicella
Orbicella is a genus of stony corals in the Merulinidae family. The Orbicella species complex comprises three sister species, namely Orbicella faveolata, Orbicella annularis and Orbicella franksi, all of which are shallow-water, zooxanthellate species and are native to the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Orbicella franksi
species of coral
Platygyra contorta
species of cnidarian
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Coelastrea
Coelastrea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region and their ranges extend from the Red Sea and the east coast of Africa through the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean as far as Australia, Japan and the East China Sea.
Paragoniastrea
Paragoniastrea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae.
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Echinopora fruticulosa
species of cnidarian
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Dipsastraea
thumb|Dipsastraea pallida Dipsastraea is a genus of stony corals in the family Merulinidae. Members of this genus are native to the Indo-Pacific region. They are zooxanthellate corals.
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Favites valenciennesi
species of Anthozoa