species: Polyphyllia talpina in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Polyphyllia talpina


©Anne: Polyphyllia talpina colony about 30 cm long at Lizard Island with tentacles extended.

©Anne: Polyphyllia talpina at Lizard Island with tentacles retracted.

©Anne: Close-up of Polyphyllia talpina with tentacles retracted

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Cnidaria
Class Anthozoa
Order Scleractinia
Family Fungiidae
Genus Polyphyllia
Species Polyphyllia talpina
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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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Comments

Polyphyllia novaehiberniae was wrongly listed in LIFG up to 12 Sep 2016. Grace Frank advises that that species is not known from Australia and she has identified the local species as Polyphyllia talpina.

by Anne Hoggett

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