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CaRMS taxon detailsFlabellidae Bourne, 1905
marine,
recent + fossil
Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]
Depth range 0-3200 m
Depth range 0-3200 m [details] Description Ahermatypic, solitary, free-living corals with non-exsert septa, no paliform lobes and thin walls primarily composed of...
Description Ahermatypic, solitary, free-living corals with non-exsert septa, no paliform lobes and thin walls primarily composed of epitheca. Related family is Caryphylliidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] Fossil range Lower Cretaceous to Recent
Fossil range Lower Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Flabellidae Bourne, 1905. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135075 on 2024-04-19
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Flabellidae Bourne, 1905. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135075 on 2024-04-19
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Bourne, G.C. (1905). Report on the solitary corals collected by Professor Herdman, at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar.</em> 4: 187-241, pls. 1-4. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1989). A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 486: 1-136. [details] Available for editors   Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Solitary. Septal calcification centers extremely closely spaced but well separated. Thickening deposits usually in a form of scale-like deposits. Septal faces ornamented. Wall marginothecal in all ontogenetic stages, in some genera may -- in adult stages -- be developed as trabeculotheca or (Javania) septotheca. [details]From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 0-3200 m [details] Description Ahermatypic, solitary, free-living corals with non-exsert septa, no paliform lobes and thin walls primarily composed of epitheca. Related family is Caryphylliidae. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] Fossil range Lower Cretaceous to Recent [details]
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