Morphastrea d’Orbigny, 1850

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 130

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1175­5334

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scientific name

Morphastrea d’Orbigny, 1850
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Genus Morphastrea d’Orbigny, 1850 View in CoL

Type species. Agaricia ludoviciana Michelin, 1845 , Cenomanian of France (Mans) .

Diagnosis. Colonial, lamellar, thamnasterioid-submeandroid. Gemmation extracalicinal and marginal. Septa confluent to subconfluent, coarsely granulated laterally, pores present. Synapticulae abundant. Columella styliform. No wall between the corallites. Trabeculae thick.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Agariciidae

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