WoRMS name details
original description
Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Paris: Masson.</em> 539–684, pls. 1-10. [details]
basis of record
Budd AF, Fukami H, Smith ND, Knowlton N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 166 (3): 465-529., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00855.x [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Coralla colonial; phaceloid, meandroid, flabello-meandroid, or massive. Corallum wall solid. Polyps zooxantellate and fleshy; with tentacles ending in acrospheres, with vesicles, or with mantles. Septa large and laminar, with smooth margins or a few poorly developed dentations. Costae poorly developed with or without simple granular spines. Range: Indo-Pacific, shallow water. [details]
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