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Mussismilia
Sign in to save==Description== Mussismilia is a colonial coral. Budding is always intracalicular, occurring inside the oral disc of the polyp, within the whorl of tentacles. The corallites are phaceloid or subplocoid, with irregular teeth or one to three centres being linked. When coenosteum is present, there is a distinctive double wall. The columella is discontinuous. The septa are porous and have unique, multi-directional teeth formed of twisted threads. The columella is spongy, and the columellar teeth are different in size and shape from the septal teeth.
Species
flower coral
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCnidaria
- ClassAnthozoa
- OrderScleractinia
- FamilyFaviidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 139
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Faviidae
- Collections
- USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- Dominican Republic, Brazil, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Description
- Classification
- Hexacorallia
- Scleractinia
- Mussidae
- Faviinae
- Distribution and habitat
- Species
- Morphology and anatomy
- Macromorphology (overall physical form)
- Micromorphology (3D geometry of teeth/septa, etc)
- Microstructure (internal structure)
- Ecology and behavior
- Feeding and diet
- Predators
- Symbionts and microbiota
- Reproduction
- Life stages
- Movement
- Status
- Bibliography
- References
- External links
==Description== Mussismilia is a colonial coral. Budding is always intracalicular, occurring inside the oral disc of the polyp, within the whorl of tentacles. The corallites are phaceloid or subplocoid, with irregular teeth or one to three centres being linked. When coenosteum is present, there is a distinctive double wall. The columella is discontinuous. The septa are porous and have unique, multi-directional teeth formed of twisted threads. The columella is spongy, and the columellar teeth are different in size and shape from the septal teeth.
== Classification == Mussismilia is a genus of stony corals in the subfamily Faviinae of the family Mussidae. This genus is restricted to the Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of Brazil.
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