ZooKeys (Oct 2012)

An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an attached glossary

  • Stephen Cairns,
  • Marcelo Kitahara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.227.3612
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 227, no. 0
pp. 1 – 47

Abstract

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The 120 presently recognized genera and seven subgenera of the azooxanthellate Scleractinia are keyed using gross morphological characters of the corallum. All genera are illustrated with calicular and side views of coralla. All termes used in the key are defined in an illustrated glossary. A table of all species-level keys, both comprehensive and faunistic, is provided covering the last 40 years.

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