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Lophohelia prolifera (Pallas) = Lophelia prolifera (Pallas, 1766), skeleton of colony from the side

Leptocyathus elegans (Milne-Edwards) = Leptocyathus elegans Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850, skeleton of polyp from above (2a: from the side)

Cyathina cylindrica (Milne-Edwards) = Caryophyllia cylindrica Phillips, 1839, skeleton of polyp from above

Balanophyllia floridana (Pourtales) = Balanophyllia floridana Pourtalès, 1868, skeleton of polyp from the side

Rhizotrochus fragilis (Pourtales) = Polymyces fragilis (Pourtalès, 1871), skeleton of polyp from the side

Stephanophyllia elegans (Milne-Edwards) = Stephanophyllia elegans (Bronn, 1837), skeleton of polyp from above

Astrocyathus paradoxus (Pourtales) = Caryophyllia paradoxus Alcock, 1898, skeleton of polyp from above

Maeandrina filograna (Lamarck) = Meandrina filograna (Esper, 1791), skeleton of coral head from above

Madrepora fruticosa (Brook) = Acropora humilis (Dana, 1846), skeleton of colony from the side

Flabellum australe (Mosley) = Flabellum australe Moseley, 1881, skeleton of polyp from above

Flabellum alabastrum (Mosley) = Flabellum alabastrum Moseley, 1876, skeleton of polyp from above

Thamnastraea arachnoides (Milne-Edwards) = Thamnastraea arachnoides (Parkinson, 1808), part of skeleton of coral head from above

Porites furcata (Lamarck) = Porites furcata Lamarck, 1816, part of skeleton of coral head from above

Stephanophyllia complicata (Mosley) = Stephanophyllia complicata Moseley, 1876, skeleton of polyp from above (14a: from the side)

Leptopenus discus (Mosley) = Leptopenus discus Moseley, 1881, skeleton of polyp from above
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