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Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best, 1976

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Platygyra verweyi Wijsman-Best, 1976

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Wijsman-Best, M. (1976). Biological results of the Snellius expedition : XXVII. Faviidae collected by the Snellius expedition. II. The genera Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Oulophyllia, Leptoria, Hydnophora and Caulastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 48(4):45-63. (For species details see pp. 55-56 and Plate 6, Fig. 4)

Taxonomic note: A species complex

Taxonomic reference(s):

Wijsman-Best, M. (1976). Biological results of the Snellius expedition : XXVII. Faviidae collected by the Snellius expedition. II. The genera Favites, Goniastrea, Platygyra, Oulophyllia, Leptoria, Hydnophora and Caulastrea. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 48(4):45-63.

Veron, J.E.N. (2000a). Corals of the World. Townsville: Australian Institute of Marine Science. Volumes 1-3. 1410pp.

Huang, D., Benzoni, F., Fukami, H., Knowlton, N., Smith, N.D. and Budd, A.F. (2014). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171(2):277-355.

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