''Pectinia'' is a genus of
corals
Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the subphylum Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important Coral ...
belonging to the family
Merulinidae
Merulinidae is a Family (biology), family of reef-building Scleractinia, stony corals.
Characteristics
All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, w ...
.
Species:
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Pectinia africana''
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Pectinia alcicornis''
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Pectinia crassa''
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Pectinia elongata''
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Pectinia lactuca''
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Pectinia laxa''
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Pectinia maxima''
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Pectinia paeonia''
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Pectinia pygmaea''
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Pectinia teres''
References
Merulinidae
Scleractinia genera
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