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Animalia Radiata Cnidaria Anthozoa Hexacorallia Scleractinia Incertae sedis
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| 11 genres en attente de re classification |
| Etymologies | Source | |
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| Blastomussa wellsi | ||
| aquaportail / scleractinia / recif-france / animal-world / fishlore / coralsoftheworld | Swollen brain coral
Open brain coral |
Wijsman-Best, 1973 / NT / ITIS 53498 |
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2007 NCal by Benzoni, F.
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2012 NCal by Benzoni, F.
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 by Bondolo
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| E- Indian (&Maldives), WPacifiq & Mer Rouge (rare) | Pineapple coral | tropical |
| <40m / 20cm / 9-14mm (corallite) | croissance lente | mode calme, rare, sessile, phaceloid, photophile modéré |
| Blastomussa wellsi | ||
| Pachyseris rugosa | ||
| coralsoftheworld / aquaportail / souslesmers | Synonymes | Lamarck, 1801 / VU / ITIS 53086 |
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| 2009 Pacifiq by Benzoni, F.
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2015 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2015 Australia by Ryan McMinds
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | corail serpent | tropical |
| shallow water (9-20m) | large mound-shaped colonies upright & anastomosing bifacial plates, stries restent parallèles sur les bords, abondant | |
| Pachyseris rugosa | ||
| Pachyseris speciosa | ||
| coralsoftheworld / aquaportail | Synonymes | Dana, 1846 / LC / ITIS 53087 |
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| 2019 Qseir (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Qseir (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Dauin (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| Pachyseris rugosa ?
2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
Pachyseris speciosa
2013 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
Pachyseris speciosa
2009 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WCPacifiq & Red Sea | Corail plateau strié | tropical |
| >8m / <70cm | usually horizontal, columellae absent; commun | |
| Pachyseris speciosa | ||
| Physogyra lichtensteini | ||
| reef-guardian / souslesmers / doris / animal-world / coralsoftheworld | Physogyra exerta | Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851 / NT / ITIS 53647 |
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| 2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) | |
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| 2019 Maldives ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2014 Lizard Is (Au) by Anne Hoggett
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Thailand ©Chaloklum Diving
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | Pearl bubble coral | tropical |
| 1-20m / vésicules 5-10mm dia | sexuée (gonochoriq) + asexuée : budding | zones protégées ou turbides, lumière modérée, colonie méandroïde, hermatypique, zooxanthellate |
| Physogyra lichtensteini | ||
| Plerogyra sinuosa | ||
| doris / souslesmers / aquaportail / animal-world / coralsoftheworld | Plerogyra eurysepta
corail vésiculeux |
Dana, 1846 / NT / ITIS 53645 |
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| 2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) | hébergeant Vir philippinensis,
2019 Cabilao (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
hébergeant Vir philippinensis,
2019 Bohol (Ph) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2011 Raja Ampat ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2012 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via INaturalist) |
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| 2019 Philippines ©mda (via INaturalist) | 2009 Lembeh (Sulawesi) by Bernard DUPONT
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2011 Hurghada (Egypt) ©mda (via GooglePhotos) |
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| 2011 Madang ©Jan Messersmith (via Wikimedia Commons) | 2006 Timor ©Nick Hobgood
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
deflated, 2006 Timor ©Nick Hobgood
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2008 aquarium ©RevolverOcelot
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2014 Samoa by NPS photo - Brian Harry
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
hébergeant Vir philippinensis,
2008 ©Steve childs
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
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| 2007 Indonesia by Anders Poulsen
(Deep Blue)
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Micronésie by David Burdick
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
2010 Micronésie by David Burdick
(via Wikimedia Commons) |
| Indo-WPacifiq & Red Sea | Corail à bulles sinueux | tropical |
| 3-30m / vésicules 10-30mm dia; polypes jsq 5cm ht & 2-10cm dia : colonie 20-200cm wide | asexuée par fragmentation | colonie sphériq, zones protégées ou turbides, sessile, lumière modérée, hermatypique, zooxanthellate, nocturne |
| Plerogyra sinuosa | ||
MàJ 19/03/2023
