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Genus of corals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Isophyllia is a genus of stony coral in the subfamily Mussinae of the family Mussidae.
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| Isophyllia sinuosa | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Mussidae |
| Genus: | Isophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 [1] |
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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]
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species :[1]
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