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Mussidae is a
family of
stony coral in the
order Scleractinia.
Following a
taxonomic revision in 2012, the
family is now
restricted to
species found in...
- 2009
after a
revision of the "robust"
families of Faviidae, Merulinidae,
Mussidae and Pectiniidae,
which had been
shown to be polyphyletic. The
family Lobophylliidae...
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Brain coral is a
common name
given to
various corals in the
families Mussidae and Merulinidae, so
called due to
their generally spheroid shape and grooved...
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Guyniidae Lobophylliidae Meandrinidae Merulinidae Micrabaciidae Montastraeidae Mussidae Oculinidae †Oulastreidae
Plesiastreidae Pocilloporidae Poritidae Psammocoridae...
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considered valid. The "robust"
stony coral families of Faviidae, Merulinidae,
Mussidae and Pectiniidae, have
traditionally been
recognised on
morphological grounds...
- On 29
January 2010, the IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species identified 149 data
deficient species in the
Cnidaria phylum (Animalia kingdom). Edwardsia...
- a
monotypic genus of m****ive reef
building stony corals in the
family Mussidae. It is
represented by a
single species,
Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly...
- ****by
brain coral, is a
colonial species of
stony coral in the
family Mussidae. It
occurs in
shallow water in the West
Atlantic Ocean and
Caribbean Sea...
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Colpophyllia is a
genus of
stony corals in the
family Mussidae. It is
monotypic with a
single species,
Colpophyllia natans,
commonly known as
boulder brain...
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symmetrical brain coral, is a
colonial species of
stony coral in the
family Mussidae. It
occurs on
reefs in
shallow water in the West
Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean...
