Synastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 162

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1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241623

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scientific name

Synastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Genus Synastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Type species. Astrea agaricites Goldfuss, 1826 , Senonian of Austria (Nussbach) (see Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848b).

Diagnosis. Colonial, massive, thamnasterioid. Corallites isolated or arranged in very short meandroid series. Gemmation intracalicinal. Septa confluent, perforated, marginally moniliform, granulated laterally. Columella subpapillose, rudimentary. Synapticulae abundant. Endothecal dissepiments thin, sparse.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Poritidae

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