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Animalia Radiata Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Merulinidae
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| 24 genres | 144 espèces |
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marinespecies
biophysics wetwebmedia |
genuslist
wikiwand animal-world |
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| Merulinidae | latin merula = merle ou poisson marin (inconnu) | Gaffiot |
| Platygyra | grec platus (large et plat) + gyros (tour, cercle) | Bailly |
| Pectinia | latin pecten = peigne | Gaffiot |
| Merulinidae | ||
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| Echinopora
2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Dipsastraea
2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Favites
2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Platygyra
2017 Soudan ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Palythoa tuberculosa
2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Mycedium robokaki à droite de l'image, 2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
| Merulinidae | ||
| Caulastrea furcata | ||
| coralsoftheworld / aquaportail / abrisousroche / reef-guardian | Cat's eye coral
Candy Cane Coral |
Dana, 1846 /
LC /
ITIS
ex-faviidae |
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2012 Philippines ©Blogie Robillo
(via INaturalist) |
2014 Queensland (Au) by Ryan McMinds
(via INaturalist) |
2006 by Sean McGrath
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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2011 aquarium (Hawaii) by George Berninger Jr.
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 aquarium (Hawaii) by Wmpearl
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Philippines ©Blogie Robillo
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WPacifiq (no Red Sea) | candy cane coral | tropical |
| >30m / <10mm dia (corallites) / 3cm (polypes | larges polypes dodus en forme de bonbon, photophile modéré | |
| Caulastrea furcata | ||
| Echinopora hirsutissima | ||
| coralsoftheworld / nomadica | Synonymes | Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 / LC / ITIS 53351 |
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| 2010 Egypye ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2010 Egypt ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2020 Seychelles ©Pierre-Andre Adam
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Mer Rouge | tropical | |
| 12-25m / 20-50cm | hermaphrodite | submassive, plaque ou encroûtant, |
| Echinopora hirsutissima | ||
| Echinopora lamellosa | ||
| coralsoftheworld / aquaportail / souslesmers / nomadica | Synonymes | Esper, 1795 / LC / ITIS 53349 |
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| 2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2015 Ningaloo (Au) by Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Estrecho de Torres (Au) by Kerryn Johns
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2020 Philippines © Ryan Yue Wah Chan
(via INaturalist) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Mer Rouge | Corail épineux | tropical |
| 20-40m / 15-25cm wide | hermaphrodite | larges feuillets minces & ondulés en forme d'entonnoir, d'aspect verruqueux disposé horizontalement ou verticalement, zooxanthellate |
| Echinopora lamellosa | ||
| Favites abdita | ||
| coralsoftheworld / en.wiki / nomadica / sealifebase | Synonymes | Ellis & Solander, 1786 /
NT /
ITIS
53300 ex-favidé |
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| Identification?
2019 Hong Kong ©even928
(via INaturalist) |
Coelastrea?
2017 Queensland (Au) ©Matthew Connors
(via INaturalist) |
2018 Hong Kong ©even928
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2010 aquarium (San Diego) by Stickpen
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2009 Bunaken (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2013 by Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2009 Bunaken (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | Honeycomb Coral | tropical |
| <15m / 10-14mm dia (corallites) / 1m (colonie) | hermaphrodite | commun, massive colonial coral forming rounded irregular mounds, corallites with thick walls, zoooxanthellate |
| Favites abdita | ||
| Favites complanata | ||
| coralsoftheworld / en.wiki / nomadica | Synonymes | Ehrenberg, 1834 /
NT /
ITIS
53304
ex-favidé |
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| 2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 S-Africa ©dobura
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2013 Estrecho de Torres (Au) by Kerryn Johns
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Eva DiDonato
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea (no persic gulf) | tropical | |
| <20m | hermaphrodite | massive colonies with slightly angular corallites & thick, rounded walls, zooxanthellate |
| Favites complanata | ||
| Favites flexuosa | ||
| coralsoftheworld / nomadica / animal-world / Scleractinia.gi | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 /
NT /
ITIS
53302 revu en Merulinidae |
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| 2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) | Identification?
2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Identification?
2019 Guam ©Ashton Williams 
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2019 WAustralia ©jmartincrossley
(via INaturalist) |
Identification?
2019 Guam ©Ashton Williams
(via INaturalist) |
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| at night, 2004 by Nick Hobgood
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Estrecho de Torres (Au) by Paul Muir
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Samoa by Jim Maragos
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Mer Rouge | corail grand nid d’abeilles | tropical |
| <20m (jsq 40m) / polypes 1.5-2cm | hermaphrodite | forme massive, hemispherical ou plat, corallites avec arrangement angulaire et profond & des parois épaisses, zooxanthellate |
| Favites flexuosa | ||
| Favites pentagona | ||
| coralsoftheworld / nomadica | Synonymes | Esper, 1795 /
LC /
ITIS
53305 ex-favidé |
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| 2019 India ©Abhishek Jamalabad
(via INaturalist) |
2019 India ©Abhishek Jamalabad
(via INaturalist) |
2018 India ©Abhishek Jamalabad
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2015 aquarium by Josuevg
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | Larger star coral | tropical |
| 10-20m / >1m² wide | submassive or encrusting colonies, sometimes forming irregular columns, corallites with thin walls and angular, assez commun | |
| Favites pentagona | ||
| Goniastrea edwardsi | ||
| coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Chevalier, 1971 /
LC /
ITIS
53311
ex-favidé |
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| 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2020 Queensland © Thomas Mesaglio
(via INaturalist) |
2018 Hurghada (Egypt) ©Karolina Rybszleger
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
en partie blanchi,
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| >1m wide | hemispherical or columnar colonies, orallites only slightly angular, with thick rounded walls | |
| Goniastrea edwardsi | ||
| Goniastrea stelligera | ||
| nomadica / coralsoftheworld | Favia stelligera | Dana, 1846 / NE / ITIS |
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| 2014 by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Hurghada (Egypt) © Robin Bad
(via INaturalist) |
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| Indo-Pacifiq | Coral cierge | tropical |
| 3-20m / 80cm | hermaphrodite | gdes colonies de forme sphérique, dôme ou plat, |
| Goniastrea stelligera | ||
| Leptoria phrygia | ||
| coralsoftheworld / en.wiki | Synonymes | Ellis & Solander, 1786/
NT /
ITIS
53326
ex-favidé |
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| 2014 Samoa by Eva DiDonato
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2006 aquarium (Baltimore) by David J. Stang
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | closed brain corals | tropical |
| massive meandroid colonies with meandering valleys on the surface | ||
| Leptoria phrygia | ||
| Mycedium elephantotus | ||
| coralsoftheworld / Scleractinia / souslesmers / aquaportail / sealifebase / meerwasser / recif-france / saltcorner | Synonymes | Pallas, 1766 / LC / ITIS 53466 |
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| 2019 Alona (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Alona (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Alona (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Identification?
2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Identification?
2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Identification?
2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Peter Craig
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2015 Saudi Arabia (Mer Rouge) by Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-Pacifiq & Red Sea | Peau d'éléphant | tropical |
| 1-30m / 15-200 cm wide; polypiérites jsq 15mm dia | Hermaphroditic | colonie de polypes en plaques, photophile modéré, zooxanthellate & hermatypiq, feuilles en éventail, enroulées ou non, irrégulières |
| Mycedium elephantotus | ||
| Paramontastraea peresi | ||
| coralsoftheworld / souslesmers / nomadica | Favites peresi
Goniatrea peresi |
Faure & Pichon, 1978 / NE / ITIS 72138 |
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| 2010 Egypte ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2018 Kenya ©mwamlavya
(via INaturalist) |
2020 Seychelles ©Pierre-Andre Adam
(via INaturalist) |
| Indian Ocean & Mer Rouge | corail nid d’abeilles | tropical |
| 25m / 10-30cm dia | hermaphrodite | encrusting and helmet-shaped colonies, angular corallites, bordure externe festonnée, parois profondes |
| Paramontastraea peresi | ||
| Pectinia lactuca | ||
| sealifebase / coralsoftheworld | Synonymes | Pallas, 1766 / VU / ITIS 53453 |
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| 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Philippines ©Greg III Espera
(via INaturalist) |
2009 Bali ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2013 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2018 Jakarta ©Silki Anisa Hidayat
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq (no Red Sea) | Corail laitue | tropical |
| 15m / >1m wide / nb cm ht | colonie de polypes, thick plate, hermatypiq & zooxanthellate | |
| Pectinia lactuca | ||
| Pectinia paeonia | ||
| coralsoftheworld / WetWebMedia / Scleractinia / meerwasser / nomadica | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 53454 |
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| 2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 Lembeh (Sulawesi) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2018 Vanuatu ©Tony Strazzari
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2009 Bunaken (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq (no Red Sea) | Corail laitue | tropical |
| 3-25m / 10-20cm dia | hermaphrodite | sur platiers, colonie de polypes, forme de coupelle ou de plaque, modérément photophile, hermatypiq & zooxanthellate |
| Pectinia paeonia | ||
| Platygyra daedalea | ||
| coralsoftheworld / souslesmers / gaiaguide / meerwasser / en.wiki / nomadica | Synonymes | Ellis & Solander, 1786 / LC / ITIS 53318 |
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| 2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Eva DiDonato
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2014 Réunion ©Philippe Bourjon
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by Larry Basch
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | Corail cerveau dédale | tropical |
| 5-30m / polypes <30mm lg et <6mm wide / 1m dia (colonie) | chq polype = hermaphrodite asexuée by budding (fragmentation) |
colonie massive de polypes en zones abritées à domes hémisphériq, aux méandres aux murs épais, anguleux, photophiles, hermatypiq & zooxanthellate, nocturne |
| Platygyra daedalea | ||
| Trachyphyllia geoffroyi | ||
| coralsoftheworld / aquaportail | Synonymes | Audouin, 1826 / NE / ITIS |
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| 2019 Gato Is. (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2008 aquarium by RevolverOcelot
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2020 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via INaturalist) |
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| 2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Lyle Vail
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
1980 by Ryan Somma
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | tropical | |
| 10mm wide (mouth) | Cabbage coral | flabello-meandroid and free-living colonies, 1-3 bouches, |
| Trachyphyllia geoffroyi | ||
MàJ 19/03/2023
