Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758

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/93E6A76C-FDA7-31EB-C5BF-2C066CA6153C

treatment provided by

ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758
status

 

Madrepora Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Colonial, extra-tentacular sympodial budding forming dendroid colonies. Coenosteum dense. Costae and pali sometimes absent. Columella papillose or absent.

Type species.

Madrepora oculata Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation (Verrill 1901).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Oculinidae