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Meandrinidae (Brain coral)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Meandrinidae are a family of stony corals. The name comes from the Greek, maiandros meaning "meandering", referring to the miniature, winding valleys found between the corallites. Fossil corals in this family have been found dating back to the Cretaceous.
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Genus

Aulosmilia (4)
Dasmiopsis (1)
Dendrogyra (Pillar coral) (3)   (1)
Dichocoenia (Stoke's starlet coral) (11)
Diploctenium (32)
Eugyriopsis (1)
Eusmilia (Smooth flower coral) (3)   (1)
Flabellosmilia (2)
Glenarea (4)
Grumiphyllia (1)
Ixogyra (1)
Meandrina (Rose coral) (61)   (3)
Melikerona (2)
Nefophyllia (5)
Pachygyra (10)
Phragmosmilia (1)
Phyllosmilia (7)
Progyrosmilia (3)
Rennensismilia (3)
Scalariogyra (1)
Sphenophyllia (2)
Strotogyra (2)
Taxogyra (2)
Thamnocoenia (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0