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Physophyllia ayleni
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Physophyllia ayleni

Physophyllia ayleni is a monotypic species in the coral genus Physophyllia, which is in the family Merulinidae in the order Scleractinia. The species was first described by John W. Wells in 1935. It is a hermatypic coral that constructs reefs in the temperate and tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 503545.