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Oculina
Genus of corals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Oculina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Oculinidae. These corals are mostly found in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and Bermuda[2] but some species occur in the eastern Pacific Ocean. They occur at depths down to 1000 metres.[1]
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Oculina | |
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Oculina varicosa | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Oculinidae |
Genus: | Oculina Lamarck, 1816 [1] |
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