Isophyllia
Genus of corals
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Isophyllia is a genus of stony coral in the subfamily Mussinae of the family Mussidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Anthozoa |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Mussidae |
| Genus: | Isophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 [1] |
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Characteristics
Isophyllia is a colonial coral. Budding is always intracalicular, occurring inside the oral disc of the polyp, within the whorl of tentacles. The corallites are meandroid, that is, they are linked in a short series of up to five centres. The individual corallites are medium-sized, being 2.5 to 5 mm (0.1 to 0.2 in) in diameter and up to 6 mm (0.2 in) high. There are three or more cycles of septa in each corallite, all equal in size. A narrow costate coenosteum separates the corallites.[2]
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species :[1]
- Isophyllia rigida (Dana, 1848)
- Isophyllia sinuosa (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
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