Family Merulinidae

The Family Merulinidae includes a number of genera found at Kwajalein. According to book and web photos attributed to various species, many of the genera (e.g., Platygyra) are variable in appearance and difficult to positively identify to species without examination of the empty skeletons.

Echinopora cf pacificus	Echinopora sp. 1	Favites vasta
Goniastrea stelligera	Hydnophora microconos	Hydnophora sp. 1
Leptoria phrygia	Merulina ampliata	Merulina cylindrica
Merulina cf scabricula	Merulina sp. 1	Mycedium elephantotus
Oulophyllia sp. 1	Pectinia paeonia	Platygyra cf daedalea
Platygyra cf pini	Platygyra sp. 1	Platygyra sp. 2
Platygyra sp. 3	Platygyra sp. 4	Platygyra? sp. 5
Platygyra? sp. 6	Platygyra sp. 7

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