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original descriptionHaime, J.; Milne Edwards, H. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706[details]
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