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Genus Mycedium Oken 1815: Laminar colonies with corallites facing the outer margins as leafy extensions. Up to 2m in diameter. Separate corallites that protrude at angles. Septa exsert extending beyond the surface toward the outer edges. S. Leyte 2013

Pectinia paeonia Palm Lettuce Coral. Indo-Pacific; Sri Lanka, Maldives to Fiji. Hand sized colonies are common on turbid water fringing reefs and reef flats with cleaner waters. Photosynthetic and feeder on small zooplankton. S. Leyte 2013

Echinophyllia aspera (Ellis and Solander 1788). Common in all of its found regions, Indo-Pacific; Red Sea, east Africa to Tahiti. S. Leyte 2013

Pectinia lactuca (Pallas 1766) Lettuce, Plate Coral. Indo-Pacific; Madagascar to Fiji. Colonies form submassive plates that may be up t a meter across, with valleys that generally can be traced to the center. S. Leyte 2013

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