Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Cnidaria

class

Anthozoa

order

Scleractinia

family

Merulinidae

genus

Platygyra

Name

Synonyms

Astroria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Brachymeandrina Duncan, 1884

Caeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Coeloria Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Miria Gregorio, 1894

Homonyms

Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834

Platygyra Mörch, 1860

Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834

Common names

brain coral in English

Hirnkorallen in German

Neptunskorallen in German

brain coral in English

brain corals in English

closed brain coral in English

worm coral in English

ノウサンゴ属 in Japanese

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