Biology:Lithotelestidae

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Short description: Family of corals

Lithotelestidae
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Nanipora kamurai
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Octocorallia
Order: Helioporacea
Family: Lithotelestidae
Bayer & Muzik, 1977[1]

Lithotelestidae is a family of coral in the order Helioporacea. It was erected in 1977 by Frederick Bayer and Katherine Muzik. It is characterized by a crystalline aragonite skeleton formed by stolons and calices, cylindrical calices with secondary lateral calices, and fully retractable polyps with an exoskeleton formed of calcite capstans and crosses.[1]

Genera

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bayer, F. M. & Muzik, K. M. (1977). An Atlantic helioporan coral (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 90(4), 975–984.
  2. Lonsdale, W. (1850). Notes on the corals. In Dixon, F. (Ed.), The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex (pp. 237–324). London: Brown, Green, and Longmans.
  3. Miyazaki, Y. & Reimer, J. (2015). A new genus and species of octocoral with aragonite calcium-carbonate skeleton (Octocorallia, Helioporacea) from Okinawa, Japan. ZooKeys, 511, 1–23.

Wikidata ☰ Q6648206 entry