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original descriptionMilne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10.[details]
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redescriptionCairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.486[details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Placotrochides laevis , calicular view of corallum
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Placotrochides laevis ,lateral view of corallum
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Placotrochus laevis, calicular view
Placotrochus laevis,lateral view
Placotrochus laevis, septal granulation
Placotrochus laevis, basal anthocyathus scar
Placotrochus laevis, view of broken corallum revealing septal sinuosity and lamellar columella
Placotrochus laevis, series showing an anthocaulus with incipient fracture line, an anthocyathus still attached to anthocaulus, and a detached anthocyathus
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