Mussa (genus)
| Mussa | |
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| Mussa angulosa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Anthozoa |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Mussidae |
| Genus: |
Mussa Oken, 1815 |
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Mussa is a genus of stony coral in the family Mussidae, commonly known as flower corals.
Mussa is a colonial coral. The corallites are phaceloid, that is they have a tubular form growing from a common base, in series of one to three, or occasionally up to five. The individual corallites are large, being 25 to 45 mm (1.0 to 1.8 in) in diameter and up to 6 mm (0.2 in) high. There are four cycles of septa in each corallite, nearly equal in size; they are narrow and curved, with wide spacing.
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species :
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