Other animals › Merulinidae
Lesser Valley Coral
Platygyra daedalea
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Symmetrical Brain CoralPseudodiploria strigosa
Lesser Valley CoralPlatygyra lamellina
- Favites complanata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 4 |
|---|---|
| Hawaii | 4 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Okinawa Prefecture | 1 |
| Israel | 1 |
| Southern District | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Taiwan Province | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Cnidarians · Cnidaria |
| Class | Sea Anemones and Corals · Anthozoa |
| Order | Stony Corals · Scleractinia |
| Family | Merulinidae |
| Genus | Greater maze corals · Platygyra |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Lesser Valley Coral with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.