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Vertebrates (Subphylum Vertebrata)
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Cnidarians of Zihuatanejo
PHYLUM CNIDARIA
Plexaurid Sea Fan
Plexauridae
Plexauridae is a family of marine colonial octocorals in the phylum Cnidaria. Members of this family are found in shallow tropical and subtropical seas. Many species contain symbiotic photosynthetic protists called zooxanthellae.
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