species: Pectinia lactuca in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Pectinia lactuca


©Anne Hoggett: A small colony of Pectinia lactuca about 25 cm wide tucked in a crevice on the reef slope at No Name Reef near Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Detail of ridges and valleys of Pectinia lactuca at No Name Reef

©Lyle Vail: Pectinia lactuca at Pidgin Point, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Merulinidae
Genus Pectinia
Species Pectinia lactuca
Status vulnerable

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©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Stafford-Smith, M.C. and R.F.G. Ormond (1992). Sediment rejection mechanisms of 42 species of Australian scleractinian corals, Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 43: 683-705. LIRS catalog number 366.