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458:(vertical blades inside the corallite cup) which taper in thickness and have tall sharp teeth. This coral is some shade of grey, pink, violet or yellowish-brown, sometimes a uniform colour or sometimes with contrasting regions.
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343:(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
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303:(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
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662:World Register of Marine Species
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537:and sometimes the only species.
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962:Cnidarians of the Pacific Ocean
263:Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
255:Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
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239:Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
223:Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
987:Marine fauna of Southeast Asia
957:Cnidarians of the Indian Ocean
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260:Lobophyllia tenuidentata
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648:Hoeksema, Bert (2018).
559:rise in sea temperature
972:Marine fauna of Africa
755:Lobophyllia_hemprichii
726:Lobophyllia hemprichii
689:Lobophyllia hemprichii
652:Lobophyllia hemprichii
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491:Lobophyllia hemprichii
443:Lobophyllia hemprichii
404:Lobophyllia hemprichii
181:Lobophyllia hemprichii
25:Lobophyllia hemprichii
997:Anthozoa of Australia
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422:. It is found in the
409:largebrain root coral
383:von Marenzeller, 1901
212:Caryophyllia cristata
977:Marine fauna of Asia
967:Fauna of the Red Sea
252:Lobophyllia sinensis
244:Lobophyllia flexuosa
236:Lobophyllia echinata
228:Lobophyllia cristata
567:genetic variability
563:ocean acidification
470:organisms known as
375:Tenison-Woods, 1879
276:Manicina hemprichii
42:Conservation status
654:(Ehrenberg, 1834)"
388:Mussa tenuidentata
292:Mussa brueggemanni
268:Madrepora cristata
220:Lobophyllia aspera
163:L. hemprichii
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271:Esper, 1789
150:Lobophyllia
941:Categories
701:2015-01-02
667:2018-07-31
581:References
523:New Guinea
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359:Dana, 1846
311:Dana, 1846
555:bleaching
527:Australia
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482:to feed.
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189:Ehrenberg
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846:46758
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535:coral
515:Japan
462:is a
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