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original descriptionMoseley HN. (1876). On the structure and relations of the Alcyonarian Heliopora caeruea, with some account of the anatomy of a species of Sarcophyton; notes on the structure of species of the genera Millepora, Pocillopora and Stylaster, and remarks on the affinities of certain Palaeozoic corals. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 166 (1): 91-129., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1876.0004[details]
original description(ofHelioporacea)Bock S. (1938). The alcyonarian genus Bathyalcyon. <em>KungligaSvenka Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (Tredje Serien).</em> 16 (5): 1–54.[details]
additional sourceMorales HH, Löser H. (2018). Revision of the family Helioporidae (Helioporacea, Anthozoa; Cretaceous – Extant). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.</em> 287 (3): 351-363., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2018/0722[details]
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