dcsimg

Diagnosis

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Corallum colonial, massive, cerioid to subcerioid. Gemmation extra- and intracalicinal. Corallum may be covered by a holotheca. Corallites small and prismatic in outline, directly united by their walls. No intercalicinal coenosteum. Columella styliform. Synapticulae present, peripherally. Endothecal dissepiments sparse. Septa compact, generally non-confluent, radially or bilaterally arranged. Septal flanks covered by spiniform granulae. Renflements and pali present. Wall septothecal with pores (lacunes).

Reference

1. IUCN Red List (April, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org

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