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Oculinidae (Ivory coral)

Synonyms: Madreporidae

Wikipedia Abstract

Oculinidae is a family of colonial corals. Oculina and Schizoculina are found in the Atlantic Ocean while Galaxea and Simplastrea are found in the Indo-Pacific and the Red Sea. Most species are uncommon but Galaxea is widely distributed and common.
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Genus

Astrhelia (5)
Bantamia (4)
Bathelia (1)
Coelohelia (1)
Cyathelia (1)
Diblasus (2)
Diplhelia (2)
Haplohelia (1)
Madrepora (89)
Oculina (Compact ivory bush coral) (44)
Palaeohelia (2)
Petrophyllia (2)
Schizoculina (Ivory coral) (2)
Trymohelia (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