Tubastraea, Lesson, 1830
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https://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2022.61-45 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8B21A41C-FFB0-6369-2C5E-FD41FA0BFACC |
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Felipe |
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Tubastraea |
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Key to species of Tubastraea View in CoL
1a. Colony branching uniplanar ....................................................... 2
1b. Colony not branching uniplanar ................................................. 3
2a. Dark green, brown black coenosarc ....................... T. micranthus View in CoL
2b. Orange coenosarc with yellow tentacles .... T. dendroida View in CoL sp. nov.
3a. Colony plocoid ........................................................................... 4
3b. Colony non-plocoid .................................................................... 5
4a. Corallite with moderately deep and up to 48 septa .... T. coccinea View in CoL
4b. Corallite with deep and spongy/shallow fossa and more than 48 septa ............................................................................ T. faulkneri View in CoL
5a. Corallite elliptical ............................................... T. megacorallita View in CoL
5b. Corallite non-elliptical ................................................................ 6
6a. Corallite cylindrical .................................................................... 7
6b. Corallite circular ......................................................................... 8
7a. Septal arranged in a Pourtalès plan ............... T. violacea View in CoL sp. nov.
7b. Septal arranged normally ........................................................... 9
8a. Septal size: S 1 > S 2 >> S 3 > S 4 or S 1 = S 2 > S 4 = S 3.. T. diaphana View in CoL
8b. Septal size: S 1 > S 2 > S 3 = S 4.................... T. chloromura View in CoL sp. nov.
9a. Corallite with moderately deep fossa and 3 septal cycles ............. ...................................................................................... T. floreana View in CoL
9b. Corallite with deep fossa and 3 or 4 septal cycles .... T. tagusensis View in CoL
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