Mussinae Ortmann, 1890 
AphiaID: 718667

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Mussidae (Family) > Mussinae (Subfamily)

Status		accepted
Rank		Subfamily
Typetaxon		Mussa Oken, 1815
Parent		Mussidae Ortmann, 1890
Source		original description Ortmann AE 1890) Die Morphologie des Skeletts des Steinkorallen in Beziehung zur Koloniebildung. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Leipzig 50: 278–316. [details]
Direct child taxa (3) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Genus Isophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Genus Mussa Oken, 1815 Genus Scolymia Haime, 1852
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Link		To GenBank
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718667
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2013-02-06 17:41:18Z   created   Hoeksema, Bert 2013-09-09 23:02:59Z   changed   Hoeksema, Bert
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		Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Mussinae Ortmann, 1890. In: Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2017). African Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=718667 on 2017-06-27