Scleractinia taxon details
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Comparison For its microstructure and skeleton architecture, Gigantostylis is incomparable to other corals. [details]
Description Morphology and microstructure of Gigantostylis epigonus was described and illustrated in Cuif 1965:1046, text-fig.1-3; Cuif 1977: 27, text-fig.5, and Roniewicz 1989:138, pl.36,fig.1; pl.45,fig.1,2; pl.43,fig.1. [details]
Diagnosis Solitary. Calice distally tube-like. Septal blades compact, fading in the calice; septal spines lacking. Columella solid, fibrous. Wall built of fibres organized into scaly units (squamae). Wall in continuation with septal tissue. Endotheca lacking. [details]
Remark The genus is monotypical. [details]
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