Figure 25 in Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Figure 25. Colpophyllia, Manicina, and Mussismilia microstructure (transverse thin section): left column, wall; middle column, corallite interior; right column, close-up of septa. Corallite walls (w) in Colpophyllia and Mussismilia are parathecal; whereas in Manicina they are septothecal with trabeculothecal elements. Trabeculothecal elements are also present in Mussismilia braziliensis and to a lesser extent in Mussismilia leptophylla. Moderately well-defined costoseptal medial lines (m) and well-developed carinae (cr) occur in all three genera. A–C, Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772); figured specimen = SUI122802 (FA (FA1071), Bocas del Toro, Panama (A); SUI122804 (FA1100, J115), Discovery Bay, Jamaica (B, C). D–F, Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758); figured specimen = SUI122822 (FA1067), Bocas del Toro, Panama. G–I, Mussismilia hartti (Verrill, 1868); figured specimen = YPM4516, Maria Farinha, Pernambuco, Brazil. J–L, Mussismilia braziliensis (Verrill, 1868); figured specimen = YPM9104, Santa Barbara Island, Abrolhos Archipelago, Bahia, Brazil. M–O, Mussismilia leptophylla (Verrill, 1868); holotype = YPM1517A, Abrolhos Reef, Abrolhos Archipelago, Bahia, Brazil.