Lobophyllia-group

Diagnosis

Solitary and colonial; mostly intracalicular budding; meandroid (incl circumoral budding and cerio-meandroid), phaceloid, flabello-meandroid, corallites "organically united"; septothecal, paraseptothecal, or parathecal; septa laminar, formed by one fan system of trabeculae (except Cynarina); septal teeth often triangular, having poorly developed secondary calcification axes and extensive thickening deposits; palisade interarea between teeth; diffuse rounded granulations; varied microstructure; occasionally forming weak paliform lobes; trabecular columella, usually spongy; vesicular endotheca, usually well-developed; peritheca usually limited or absent.

Contains

• Symphyllia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 491
• Cynarina Brüggemann, 1877, p.305
• Lobophyllia Blainville, 1830, p. 321
• Australomussa Veron, 1985, p.171
• Acanthastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848b, p. 495
• Parascolymia Wells, 1964, p.379-381

This page has been in preparation since 02-Oct-2009 17:15

This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 21-Jul-2010 23:02.

Page authors are: Ann Budd. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Ann Budd