Turbinoliidae
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848
Diagnosis
Corallum solitary (generally conical), free (completely invested by polyp), azooxanthellate, sometimes reproducing by transverse division; septa laminar, composed on one fan system of numerous closely spaced simple trabeculae resulting in a smooth axial margin, not dentate); wall septothecal; endothecal dissepiments and synapticulae absent; intercostal grooves deep, sometimes pitted or perforate; septa arranged in various symmetries but usually hexameral; pali and columella present or absent.
Contains
- Alatotrochus Cairns, 1994, p. 68
- Alveolocyathus Filkorn, 1994, p. 60
- Australocyathus Cairns and Parker, 1992, p. 38
- Bothrophoria Felix, 1909, p. 9
- Chingchingocyathus Ogbe, 1976, p. 2
- Conocyathus Orbigny, 1849, p. 5
- Cryptotrochus Cairns, 1988, p. 709
- Cyathotrochus Bourne, 1905, p. 192
- Deltocyathoides Yabe and Eguchi, 1932a, p. 389
- Dunocyathus Tenison-Woods, 1878, p. 305
- Endocyathopora Cairns, 1989, p. 39
- Foveolocyathus Cairns, 1997, p. 26
- Holcotrochus Dennant, 1902, p. 1
- Idiotrochus Wells, 1935, p. 532
- Kionotrochus Dennant, 1906, p. 154
- Lissotrochus Cairns, 2004, p. 298
- Notocyathus Tenison-Woods, 1880, p. 9
- Palocyathus Filkorn, 1994, p. 57
- Peponocyathus Gravier, 1915, p. 5
- Platytrochus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 246
- Pleotrochus Cairns, 1997, p.14
- Pleuropodia Dennant, 1903, p. 214
- Pseudocyathoceras Cairns, 1991, p. 20
- Sphenotrochus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 240
- Thrypticotrochus Cairns, 1989, p. 37
- Trematotrochus Tenison-Woods, 1879, p. 59
- Tropidocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 326
- Turbinolia Lamarck, 1816, p. 229
- Wellsotrochus Squires, 1960, p. 57 (pro Wellsia Squires)
This page has been in preparation since 02-Oct-2009 17:15
This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 02-Oct-2009 17:15.
Page authors are: Stephen D. Cairns. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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