Pleuractis
Genus of corals
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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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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Fungiidae |
| Genus: | Pleuractis Verrill, 1864 |
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Taxonomy
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)
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