Mussa (genus)
| Mussa | |
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| Mussa angulosa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Mussidae |
| Genus: | Mussa Oken, 1815[1] |
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Mussa is a genus of stony coral in the family Mussidae, commonly known as flower corals.
Characteristics
Mussa is a colonial, branching coral. The corallites are phaceloid, that is they have a tubular form growing from a common base. The individual corallites are large, being 10 to 20 millimetres (0.39 to 0.79 in) in diameter.[2]
References
- 1 2 Hoeksema, Bert (2013). "Mussa Oken 1815". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ↑ "Mussa Oken 1815". Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America. 2004. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
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