Tubastraea, Lesson, 1830

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5533637
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scientific name	Tubastraea
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1a. Colony branching uniplanar................................................................... T. micranthus View in CoL

1b. Colony not branching uniplanar.......................................................................... 2

2a. Colony plocoid....................................................................................... 3

2b. Colony non-plocoid................................................................................... 4

3a. Corallite elliptical................................................................................ T. aurea View in CoL

3b. Corallite non-elliptical................................................................................. 5

4a. Corallite phaceloid.................................................................................... 6

4b. Corallite non-phaceloid........................................................................ T. diaphana View in CoL

5a. Corallite with moderately deep fossa and up to 48 septa............................................... T. coccinea View in CoL

5b. Corallite with deep and spongy/shallow fossa and more than 48 septa.................................... T. faulkneri View in CoL

6a. Septal arranged in a Pourtalès plan.................................................... T. megacorallita View in CoL sp. nov.

6b. Septa arranged normally................................................................................ 7

7a. Corallite with moderately deep fossa and 3 septal cycles.............................................. T. floreana View in CoL

7b. Corallite with deep fossa and 3 or 4 septal cycles................................................... T. tagusensis View in CoL