Definition of Mussidae. Meaning of Mussidae. Synonyms of Mussidae

- Mussidae is a family of stony coral in the order Scleractinia. Following a taxonomic revision in 2012, the family is now restricted to species found in...
- Brain coral is a common name given to various corals in the families Mussidae and Merulinidae, so called due to their generally spheroid shape and grooved...
- a monotypic genus of m****ive reef building stony corals in the family Mussidae. It is represented by a single species, Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly...
- 2009 after a revision of the "robust" families of Faviidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae and Pectiniidae, which had been shown to be polyphyletic. The family Lobophylliidae...
- considered valid. The "robust" stony coral families of Faviidae, Merulinidae, Mussidae and Pectiniidae, have traditionally been recognised on morphological grounds...
- symmetrical brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae. It occurs on reefs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean...
- Guyniidae Lobophylliidae Meandrinidae Merulinidae Micrabaciidae Montastraeidae Mussidae Oculinidae †Oulastreidae Plesiastreidae Pocilloporidae Poritidae Psammocoridae...
- ****by brain coral, is a colonial species of stony coral in the family Mussidae. It occurs in shallow water in the West Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea...
- Mussismilia is a genus of stony corals in the subfamily Faviinae of the family Mussidae. This genus is restricted to the Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of Brazil...
- Manicina is a genus of reef-building stony corals in the family Mussidae. The following species are included in the genus according to the World Register...