Ordo Helioporacea

Bock, 1938

Families: The order contains two families, the Family Helioporacea and Family Lithotelestidae.

Description: Skeleton of massive aragonite, colonies massive (Helioporacea) or small, united by ribbonlike stolons (Lithotelestidae). The Lithotelestidae are known from deeper water.

Only one species found in the Indo-Pacific: Heliopora coerulea (detail)(1)

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