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Acroporidae

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Acroporidae is a family of stony corals comprising several genera of major reef-building corals, including the genus Acropora, the staghorn and table corals, among the most diverse and widespread coral genera on Indo-Pacific and Caribbean reefs. Members typically grow in branching, plate-like or encrusting forms and are important architects of coral reef structure.

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Living or Extinct
Yes 1
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Family 2
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ137905, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Acroporidae
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Acroporidae
Wikidata Q137905, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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