Blade Fire Coral Millepora complanata

Photo: Sylvia van Leeuwen

Classification

Milleporidae [family]
Millepora [genus] (5)
complanata [species]

Classification

Milleporidae [family]
Millepora [genus] (5)
complanata [species]

Literature

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  • Roos, P.J. 1971. The shallow-water stony corals of the Netherlands Antilles. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 37: 1-108.
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Literature references linked to higher taxa