Mussidae Ortmann, 1890

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 206

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241737

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24287AB-FF15-8EE6-7DFF-758F6DE4FE56

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scientific name

Mussidae Ortmann, 1890
status

 

Family Mussidae Ortmann, 1890 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Solitary and colonial, hermatypic. Colony formation by intratentacular budding. Centres linked by lamellae or trabeculae. Wall septothecal or parathecal. Septa endocoelic, formed by several fan systems of large, simple trabeculae, each fan system producing a lobulate dentation. Endothecal dissepiments well developed. Columella trabecular.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Mussidae

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