Poritidae Gray, 1842
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11755334 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241575 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24287AB-FF55-8EA6-7DFF-73AF6D45F803 |
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Felipe |
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Poritidae Gray, 1842 |
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Family Poritidae Gray, 1842 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Colonial; colony formation by extratentacular budding. Corallites (except Napopora and Synaraea ) closely united without coenenchyme, bounded by one or more synapticular rings. Septa (except Alveopora ) composed of 3 to 8 nearly vertical trabeculae, loosely united, with more or less regular pores.
Innermost trabeculae of certain septa differentiated as pali. Septa ento- and ectocoelic. One columellar trabecula usually present.
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