Schizoculina

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Schizoculina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Oculinidae
Genus: Schizoculina
Wells, 1937 [1]
Species
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Schizoculina is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Oculinidae. [1]

Species

The following species are included in the genus according to the World Register of Marine Species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2018). "Schizoculina Wells, 1937". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2018-08-15.