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Phacelocyathus

Cairns, 1979, p. 144

Type Species

Paracyathus flos Pourtalès, 1878, p. 201, no figs.; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Syntype; MCZ 5483; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Recent: off Havana, Cuba, 183 m.

Subsequent designation of type species by Cairns 1979: 144. Type species best described by Cairns (1979). 2 syntypes total

Classification

Diagnosis

Corallum colonial, corallites arising from common basal coenosteum; base polycyclic; pali before all but last septal cycle; columella papillose or lamellar; tabular endothecal dissepiments present.

Comparisons

Differs from Rhizosmilia in having pali before all but last septal cycle.

Remarks

Only one described species and another undescribed one from the Indian Ocean (Zibrowius and Grygier, 1985).

This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 15:21

This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 14-Jul-2011 19:04.

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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