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Pleuractis

Genus of corals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pleuractis
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Pleuractis is a genus of mushroom corals in the family Fungiidae. Members of the genus are found growing on reefs in the Indo-Pacific.

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Taxonomy

Although treated as a subgenus of Fungia by Hoeksma (1989), a 2011 paper elevated Pleuractis to generic level.[1][2]

Species

The World Register of Marine Species currently lists the following species:[3]

  • Pleuractis alta (Nemenzo, 1983)
  • Pleuractis granulosa (Klunzinger, 1879)
  • Pleuractis gravis (Nemenzo, 1955)
  • Pleuractis moluccensis (Van der Horst, 1919)
  • Pleuractis paumotensis (Stutchbury, 1833)
  • Pleuractis seychellensis (Hoeksema, 1993)
  • Pleuractis taiwanensis (Hoeksema and Dai, 1991)

References

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