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Siderastreidae

Vaughan and Wells, 1943, p. 125

Diagnosis

Corallum colonial and attached, free living colonies (coralliths) are common in some genera; corallum shape encrusting, foliose and massive; budding intratentacular or extratentacular; synapticulotheca made of one or more synapticular rings, compact or perforated, or septotheca; septa compact or perforated, connected by synapticulae; septa fuse towards the centre of the calice and form fan-like groups; septal margins and faces ornamented; costae absent or present; pali absent; endothecal dissepiments present; columella present; collines present or absent; coenosteum absent or present; in some genera exosepta do not bear tentacles.

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

This version was contributed by Danwei Huang on 01-Oct-2012 23:47.

Page authors are: Francesca Benzoni Danwei Huang. 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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