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Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Kitahara, M.V., S.D. Cairns & D.J. Miller. (2010). Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 8(1): 91-118., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000903571088 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors [request]
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Diagnosis Corallum solitary, subcylindrical to turbinate, fixed or free; septotheca usually strongly costate, sometimes transversely ridged; pali in one crown opposite penultimate septal cycle (usually S3), occasionally antepenultimate septal cycle; columella fascicular; no endotheca. [details]
Remark Dozens of fossil species and 58 Recent species (see Cairns, 1991; Cairns et al., 1999; Baron-Szabo, 2002) [details]Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]
Depth range 0-2670 m [details]
Fossil range Upper Jurassic to Recent [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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