Tubastraea Lesson, 1829
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/24E0AB50-FF27-F7BE-9F9F-F8C6EF64A285 |
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Tubastraea Lesson, 1829 |
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Diagnosis.
Colonies dendroid, bushy, or plocoid, all achieved by extra-tentacular budding. Costate, no epitheca. Septa arranged normally. Pali absent. Columella usually small and spongy.
Type species.
Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829, by monotypy.
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