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but are highly fused, without paliform lobes. The valleys are superficial or may be indistinct because of fan-like spreading or contortions in the ridges. Faviidae and
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All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of
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The World Register of Marine Species includes these
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Astrea curta
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Merulinidae
Verrill
Genera
Synonyms
Pectiniidae
family
stony corals
Faviidae
Trachyphylliidae

Favites pentagona
genera
Astrea
Australogyra
Boninastrea
Caulastraea
Coelastrea
Cyphastrea
Dipsastraea
Echinopora
Erythrastrea

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