Kingdom Animalia Class Anthozoa Rank Family | Phylum Cnidaria Subclass Octocorallia | |
Order Coenothecalia
Bourne, 1895 Similar Coenothecalia, Chrysogorgiidae, Calcaxonia, Paragorgiidae, Ellisellidae | ||
Lithotelestidae is a family of coral in the order Coenothecalia originally described in 1977 by Frederick Bayer and Katherine Muzik. It is characterized by a crystalline aragonite skeleton formed by stolons and calices, cylindrical calices with secondary lateral calices, and fully retractable polyps with an exoskeleton formed of calcite capstans and crosses.
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