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Merulinidae

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Merulinidae
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Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals.

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Characteristics

All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, without paliform lobes. The valleys are superficial or may be indistinct because of fan-like spreading or contortions in the ridges. Faviidae and Trachyphylliidae are the most closely related families.[1]

Genera

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Favites pentagona

The World Register of Marine Species includes these genera in the family:[1]

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