Heliopora de Blainville, 1830
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13358-023-00264-8 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D500792E-FFCE-830E-FF17-FCA8FE8DFB36 |
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Felipe |
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Heliopora de Blainville, 1830 |
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Genus Heliopora de Blainville, 1830 View in CoL
Type species. Millepora coerulea Pallas, 1766 , Indian Ocean, Holocene (by subsequent designation in Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851, p. 148).
Diagnosis. Colonial, plocoid. Corallites subcircular to irregularly elliptical in outline. Budding extracalicular. Pseudosepta compact, short, generally 10% or less of the corallite diameter in length. Endothecal tabulae numerous, thin. Corallite wall trabecular, compact or has pores. Coenosteum made of small ‒ sized (mainly 100 ‒ 150 µm in diameter) tubes.
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