Coral Genera of WIO-2015
Coral Genera of WIO-2015
Coral Genera of WIO-2015
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Oxypora<br />
Family Pectiniidae; porous lettuce coral<br />
1<br />
2<br />
1) lacera;<br />
2) glabra<br />
Colony type Thin lamellae, always has free foliose margins<br />
<strong>Coral</strong>lite type Round or oval, irregular, shallow not strongly inclined on the colony surface<br />
Description Thin lamellae, always have free foliaceous margins, calices oval, round, immersed, not strongly inclined, septocostae<br />
run from the calice centres to the perimeter and are almost paralled, coenostium is pitted, surface warty<br />
appearance, tentacles are extended at night, calices are 3-8mm in diameter, columella is poorly developed<br />
Septa-costae Septo-costae run from the calice centers to the perimeter and are almost parallel<br />
Similar species Echinophyllia - has thickened septal structures, fleshier tissue; Echinopora - corallites are compacted/plocoid,<br />
septa exert; Mycedium - coenostium without pits, nose shaped corallites
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