Coenocyathus
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 297
Type Species
C. cylindricus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 298, pl. 9, fig. 8.; Subsequent Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850, p. xii
Type Specimen: Holotype; MNHN ; Lost; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Unknown (probably Mediterranean)
Type species best described by Zibrowius (1980).
Classification
Diagnosis
Corallum colonial, corallites extracalicularly budded from a thick common basal coenosteum; corallites cylindrical and stout; septotheca costate and granular; a crown of pali occurs before penultimate septal cycle; columella papillose or fascicular; endotheca absent.
Comparisons
Similar to Caryophyllia but colonial, from a basal coenosteum.
Remarks
Genus partially reviewed by Zibrowius (1980) and Cairns (1999). Several fossil species 8 Recent species.
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This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 03-Nov-2008 18:40.
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The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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