Figure 25 in Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Figure 25. Scapophyllia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848a, has uniserial corallites, fused walls, small (<4 mm) and lowrelief (<3 mm) calices, compact columellae, well-developed paliform (uniaxial) lobes, and sparse endotheca. Septal teeth are low (<0.3 mm) and narrowly spaced (<0.3 mm). Walls formed by strong abortive septa and partial septotheca. A–F, Scapophyllia cylindrica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849a, the type and only living species of Scapophyllia; macromorphology, holotype MNHN IK-2010-715, unknown locality (A, D); micromorphology (scanning electron microscopy; B, E) and microstructure (transverse thin section; C, F), hypotype USNM 89934, Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.