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


©Anne Hoggett: Colony of Pectinia paeonia about 1 metre diameter in the lagoon entrance channel at Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.

©Anne Hoggett: Pectinia paeonia in the lagoon entrance channel at Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.

©Anne Hoggett: Corallite detail of Pectinia paeonia in the lagoon entrance channel, Lizard Island. Identified by Dr Zoe Richards.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Hexacorallia
Order Scleractinia
Family Merulinidae
Genus Pectinia
Species Pectinia paeonia
Status near threatened

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References

  • Dinesen, Z.D. (1983). Shade-dwelling corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 10: 173-185. LIRS catalog number 157.
  • 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.