WoRMS taxon details
Meandrinidae Gray, 1847
AphiaID: 196101
AphiaID: 196101
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Meandrina Lamarck, 1801 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Scleractinia | ||||||||||
| Source | Not documented | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Ctenella Matthai, 1928 Genus Dendrogyra Genus Dichocoenia Genus Eusmilia Genus Goreaugyra Genus Meandrina Lamarck, 1801 Genus Montigyra | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Colonies are massive and meandroid. Valleys and walls are of uniform width. Septa are fine and regular, columella are seta-like, without centres. (Veron, 1986 <57>). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196101 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Meandrinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196101 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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