Figure 21 in Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Figure 21. Colpophyllia, Manicina, and Mussismilia micromorphology (scanning electron microscopy): left column, wall; middle column, mid-septum; right column, columella. Colpophyllia, Manicina, and Mussismilia have paddle-shaped to tricorne teeth with elliptical bases orientated perpendicular to the septal plane. Tooth height is low (<0.3 mm) in Colpophyllia and Manicina, and medium to high (> 0.3 mm) in Mussismilia. The interarea of teeth is smooth in Manicina but horizontally banded in Colpophyllia and Mussismilia. Granules are spiked and aligned. A–C, Colpophyllia natans (Houttuyn, 1772); figured specimens = SUI122804 (FA1100) Discovery Bay, Jamaica (A); SUI122802 (FA1071), Bocas del Toro, Panama (B, C). D–F, Manicina areolata (Linnaeus, 1758); figured specimen = SUI122824 (FA1107), 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); figured specimen = SUI99645 (FA1029), Abrolhos Reef, Abrolhos Archipelago, Bahia, Brazil (M); YPM9087, Lixa Reef, Abrolhos Archipelago, Bahia, Brazil. (N, O).