🦋 Family

Plexauridae

1 species · Animals

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Plexaura homomalla (Esper, 1794)

Plexaura homomalla (Esper, 1794)

Plexaura homomalla (Esper, 1794)

Plexaura homomalla is a Caribbean gorgonian coral that contains high levels of prostaglandin used for chemical defence and historical medical production.

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