Pocilloporidae
Gray, 1842
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Colonial, submassive or branching, plocoid. Colony formation by extratentacular budding. Corallites are cylindrical, immersed or conical and small. Well developed vertically discontinuous styliform columella. Septa rarely more than 2 cycles. Some septa fused with the columella; often reduced to narrow laminae or striae. Coenosteum solid or vesicular.
Contains
This page has been in preparation since 02-Oct-2009 17:15
This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 02-Oct-2009 17:15.
Page authors are: Jim Klaus. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Ann Budd
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