dcsimg

Diagnosis

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Subplocoid to plocoid colonies; extracalicular budding; cylindrical or subcylindrical corallites, > 3.5 mm in diameter; para- to septothecal; 3-5 septal cycles, with first and second cyles slightly subequal; weak or absent paliform lobes; well-developed lamellar columella; thin costae; tabulo-vesicular coenosteum; well-developed endotheca.

Reference

1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org

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Bert Hoeksema [email]