Guynia Duncan, 1872

Filander, Zoleka N., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Sink, Kerry J. & Lombard, Amanda T., 2021, Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa, ZooKeys 1066, pp. 1-198 : 1

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:133CE040-A5AF-44F1-BC9A-558C2F06A8AA

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/21D76C00-9CAF-472A-97ED-E7E9C554CDCA

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scientific name

Guynia Duncan, 1872
status

 

Guynia Duncan, 1872 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Solitary, ceratoid to scolecoid, free or fixed laterally. Chain of individuals sometimes produced by extra-tentacular budding. Wall epithecal. A row of mural “pores” present in every interseptal space. Pali absent. Columella composed of one twisted ribbon.

Type species.

Guynia annulata Duncan, 1872, by monotypy.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Guyniidae