CLAVULARIIDAE Hickson, 1894

Castro, C. B., Medeiros, M. S. & Loiola, L. L., 2010, Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Brazilian reefs, Journal of Natural History 44 (13 - 14), pp. 763-827 : 770

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930903441160

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scientific name

CLAVULARIIDAE Hickson, 1894
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Family CLAVULARIIDAE Hickson, 1894 View in CoL

Subfamily TELESTINAE Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1857 Genus Carijoa Müller, 1867 View in CoL

Diagnosis

Colonies rising from reticulate stolons. Tall axial polyps produce numerous daughters from their lateral walls. Gastrovascular cavity extends along whole polyp – sometimes proximal end is filled in. Gastrovascular cavities of polyp and its secondary (lateral) polyps communicate via solenia. Sclerites of body walls slender, often branching and interlocking, sometimes fusing into smaller or larger clumps, white (adapted from key in Bayer 1981c: 906).

Type species

Carijoa rupicola Müller, 1867 View in CoL (= Clavularia riisei Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1860 View in CoL ).

Remarks

The genus Carijoa , has been included as a synonym of Telesto Lamouroux, 1812 (see Bayer 1981c). However, Bayer (1981c: 906, figs. 2,3) stated that Telesto (type species T. aurantiaca Lamouroux, 1812 ) and Carijoa [type species Carijoa rupicola Müller, 1867 = Carijoa riisei ( Duchassaing and Michelotti, 1860) ] are distinct genera, based on their quite different sclerites from the body wall. We compared specimens from both type species and agreed with Bayer’s remarks.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Alcyonacea

Family

Clavulariidae

Loc

CLAVULARIIDAE Hickson, 1894

Castro, C. B., Medeiros, M. S. & Loiola, L. L. 2010
2010
Loc

Carijoa Müller, 1867

Muller 1867
1867
Loc

Carijoa rupicola Müller, 1867

Muller 1867
1867
Loc

Clavularia riisei

Duchassaing and Michelotti 1860
1860
Loc

TELESTINAE

Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
1857
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