Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241304 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24287AB-FFC6-8E35-7DFF-71ED6E1BF9B1 |
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Felipe |
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Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 |
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Genus Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830 View in CoL
Type species. Madrepora ramea Linnaeus, 1758 , Recent, Mediterranean Sea.
Diagnosis. Colonial, dendroid, but polyps remain organically connected. Extensive development of coenosteum may embed branches, resulting in plocoid to fasciculate appearances. Gemmation extracalicinal. Costosepta arranged according to the Pourtalès plan, subcompact with irregularly occurring pores, granular laterally. Columella irregular, spongy. Endothecal dissepiments thin, subtabulate. Wall thick, septothecal-synapticulothecal, irregularly porous.
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