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635:Acroporidae
629:Wikispecies
605:Acroporidae
579:12 November
403:Coral Reefs
305:Description
275:Acroporidae
200:Acroporidae
24:Acroporidae
842:Categories
534:2012-01-20
519:Enigmopora
487:2011-05-23
388:References
352:Enigmopora
340:Astreopora
336:Anacropora
320:Astreopora
250:Enigmopora
243:Astreopora
236:Anacropora
186:Suborder:
454:April 16,
423:0722-4028
344:Montipora
291:corallite
264:Montipora
229:Alveopora
146:Kingdom:
140:Eukaryota
701:45276174
614:Wikidata
348:Acropora
283:Cnidaria
222:Acropora
196:Family:
160:Cnidaria
156:Phylum:
150:Animalia
136:Domain:
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31:Jurassic
620:Q137905
364:Biology
315:species
299:aquaria
287:"akron"
257:Isopora
213:Genera
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176:Order:
166:Class:
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773:NZOR:
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820:WoRMS
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753:52859
735:IRMNG
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688:84JTX
675:26317
525:WoRMS
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325:septa
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761:NCBI
748:ITIS
714:8153
709:GBIF
670:BOLD
581:2021
564:2008
456:2014
419:ISSN
342:and
311:reef
38:Preκ
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