Meandrophylliinae Roniewicz, 1976

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 121

publication ID

1175­5334

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scientific name

Meandrophylliinae Roniewicz, 1976
status

 

Subfamily Meandrophylliinae Roniewicz, 1976

Diagnosis. Polyps small. Gemmation intracalicinal. Costosepta confluent, except the collines. Columella trabecular, simple or papillose, feebly developed. Dissepiments tabulate. Trabeculae thin.

Remarks. Roniewicz (1976) did not give any specific information as to the size of polyps she referred to as ‘small’, but the dimensions of the corallites of the nominatform of the subfamily ( Meandrophyllia ) are 2–4 mm in diameter.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

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