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Mussidae

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Cnidaria
Classis: Anthozoa
Subclassis: Hexacorallia
Ordo: Scleractinia
Familia: Mussidae
Genera: †Antillia - Blastomussa -Cynarina -Isophyllastrea - Isophyllia -Lobophyllia - Mussa - Mussismilia - Mycetophyllia - Scolymia -Symphyllia

Name

Mussidae Ortmann, 1890

Mussidae is a family of Cnidaria that contains the genera Acanthastrea, Blastomussa, Cynaria, Isophyllastrea, Isophyllia, Lobophyllia, Mussa, Mussimilia, Mycetophyllia, Scolymia, and Symphyllia. Members of this family are widely sought after for the reef aquarium trade.

Acanthastrea
Acanthastrea bowerbanki
Acanthastrea brevis
Acanthastrea echinata
Acanthastrea faviaformis
Acanthastrea hemprichii
Acanthastrea ishigakiensis
Acanthastrea lordhowensis
Acanthastrea regularis
Acanthastrea rotundata

Blastomussa
Blastomussa merleti

Cynaria
Cynaria lacrymalis

Lobophyllia
Lobophyllia corymbosa
Lobophyllia hataii
Lobophyllia hemprichii
Lobophyllia pachysepta

Mussa
Mussa angulosa

Mussismilia
Mussismilia braziliensis
Mussismilia harttii
Mussismilia hispida

Mycetophyllia
Mycetophyllia aliciae
Mycetophyllia danaana
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana

Scolymia
Scolymia cubensis
Scolymia vitiensis

Symphyllia
Symphyllia mallotiformis

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