“Lithotelestidae, new family
Helioporaceans with stoloniferous growth form, with both stolons and calices forming a rigid skeleton of crystalline aragonite; cylindrical calices bear secondary lateral calices; polyps fully retractile, containing octocorallian sclerites in the form of capstans and crosses composed of calcite.”
(Bayer & Muzik, 1977)
Lithotelestidae is a family of coral in the order Helioporacea. It was erected 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.[1]
Lithotelestidae is a family of coral in the order Helioporacea. It was erected 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.
