Morphologic Description: Plocoid; extramural budding; absent or extremely weak costae; trabecular columella with reduced paliform lobes; septothecal wall structure.
Morphologic Diagnosis: Colony Form: plocoid, Colony Shape: massive, Budding: extramural, Columella: trabecular and discontinuous, Corallite Size: medium (1.5 - 10mm), Wall Structure: septothecal, Lobes: paliform.
Species (3 total):
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Solenastrea bournoni Milne Edwards & Haime 1849; CC Species #131 (extant) |
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Solenastrea fairbanksi (Vaughan 1900); CC Species #132 (extinct) |
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Solenastrea hyades (Dana 1846); CC Species #133 (extant) |
| Species | Corallite Diameter | Third septal cycle | Lobes | Coenosteum |
| S. bournoni | 2-2.5 mm | fused | paliform | porous, wide |
| S. fairbanksi | 2-3 mm | fused or free | paliform | dense, narrow |
| S. hyades | 2.5-3 mm | free | none | porous, wide |
