Mussidae
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Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyMussidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded529
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 85
- With media
- 5
- Family
- Mussidae
- Collections
- UF, UCMP, SIO, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States, Pakistan, Japan, Colombia, Venezuela, Bahamas, Indonesia, Cuba
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scleractinia
- Image
- Mussa angulosa.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mussidae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Mussidae
- taxon name
- Mussidae
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- Description
- In aquaria
- References
thumbnail|Close up of Diploria labyrinthiformis, [[Vieques, Puerto Rico]]
Mussidae is a family of stony coral in the order Scleractinia. Following a taxonomic revision in 2012, the family is now restricted to species found in the Atlantic Ocean, with Pacific species transferred to the new family Lobophylliidae. Many species are referred to as brain coral because their generally spheroid form and grooved surface resembles the convolutions of a brain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mussidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.