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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

corals
1. (black coral) See ANTIPATHARIA.

2. (branched hydrocorals) See also STYLASTERINA; TELESTACEA.

3. (hydrocorals) See HYDROCORALLINA.

4. (massive hydrocorals) See also MILLEPORINA; OCTOCORALLIA.

5. (soft corals) See also ALCYONACEA; ANTHOZOA; ASTROCOENIINA; COENOTHECALIA; CNIDARIA; HOLAXONIA.

6. (stony corals) See MADREPORARIA.

7. (tetracorals) See also SCLERAXONIA; STOLONIFERA.

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