Pseudocunnolites sp.
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System: Cretaceous.
Origin: Boulemane, Morocco.
Measurements: 3.4 cm x 3.1 cm
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Pseudocunnolites It is a genus of cnidarians anthozoans (class of animals that exclusively present the polyp state, they do not present a jellyfish state.) belonging to the order scleractinians (Scleractinia) because they have sclerites that give them protection (stony corals or hard corals). These sclerites are hard pieces produced by specialized cells and made of calcite, a type of calcium carbonate. So it is said that they secrete a skeleton of calcium carbonate.​ This element provides them with the hard texture, thanks to which, since the Upper Triassic, scleractinian corals went from a minority participation in reef communities to constituting the basic building blocks of tropical coral reefs.
They belong to the subclass Hexacorallia. The hexacoralarios They present hexaradial symmetry (gastrovascular cavity divided into many chambers by septa or sarcosepts. These sarcosepts are usually in a number multiple of six and have tentacles, also in number a multiple of six.).
Pseudocunnolites It belongs to the Fungiidae family. These are marine corals and the genera of the family include species with large free-living polyps, or anchored to the substrate. They can be solitary or colonial. One characteristic is that they are at least partially mobile.







