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New Echinophyllia Stony Coral Species Found

A genus of shallow-water Indo-Pacific stony corals, Echinophyllia’s roster of just eight known species has been joined by a newly described scleractinian from French Polynesia. The new coral is described in a paper by Francesca Benzoni from the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, and published in the journal ZooKeys on July 24, 2013.

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