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Caulastraea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Description: Colonies are phaceloid. Corallites are usually closely compacted and less than 10 millimetres diameter. Septa are exsert and irregular, but approximately uniform in width, if not height. Polyps are fleshy, concealing septal characters.
Abundance:
Similar Species: Caulastrea furcata, which usually has less compact corallites with some thickened primary septa. Superficially resembles the mussid Blastomussa wellsi.
Synonymised names:
Caulastraea aiharai Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caulastrea aiharai Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dasyphyllia echinulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Description: Colonies are phaceloid. Corallites are usually closely compacted and less than 10 millimetres diameter. Septa are exsert and irregular, but approximately uniform in width, if not height. Polyps are fleshy, concealing septal characters.
Abundance:
Similar Species: Caulastrea furcata, which usually has less compact corallites with some thickened primary septa. Superficially resembles the mussid Blastomussa wellsi.
Synonymised names:
Caulastraea aiharai Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caulastrea aiharai Yabe & Sugiyama, 1935 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caulastrea echinulata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Dasyphyllia echinulata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)