Mussa (genus)

Mussa
Mussa angulosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Anthozoa
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Mussidae
Genus: Mussa
Oken, 1815[1]
Species[1]

Mussa is a genus of stony coral in the family Mussidae, commonly known as flower corals.

Characteristics

Mussa is a colonial, branching coral. The corallites are phaceloid, that is they have a tubular form growing from a common base. The individual corallites are large, being 10 to 20 millimetres (0.39 to 0.79 in) in diameter.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Hoeksema, Bert (2013). "Mussa Oken 1815". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  2. "Mussa Oken 1815". Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America. 2004. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
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