Diagnosis
provided by World Register of Marine Species
Colonial; colony formation by intra- and extratentacular budding. Corallites walls septothecal, often thickened by stereome. Endotheca tabular when present, rarely vesicular. Septa (so far as is known) composed of a single fan system of simple trabeculae, with smooth upper margins and smooth or finely granulated lateral surfaces. Columella styliform, lamellar or absent.
- license
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- copyright
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- bibliographic citation
- Cairns, S.D., Baron-Szabo, R., Budd, A.F., Lathuilière, B., Roniewicz, E., Stolarski, J., Johnson, K.G. (2010). Corallosphere.
- contributor
- Bert Hoeksema [email]
