Tubastraea Lesson, 1829

Filander, Zoleka N., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Sink, Kerry J. & Lombard, Amanda T., 2021, Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa, ZooKeys 1066, pp. 1-198 : 1

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:133CE040-A5AF-44F1-BC9A-558C2F06A8AA

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/24E0AB50-FF27-F7BE-9F9F-F8C6EF64A285

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scientific name

Tubastraea Lesson, 1829
status

 

Tubastraea Lesson, 1829 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Colonies dendroid, bushy, or plocoid, all achieved by extra-tentacular budding. Costate, no epitheca. Septa arranged normally. Pali absent. Columella usually small and spongy.

Type species.

Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1829, by monotypy.