Oxysmilia
Duchassaing, 1870, p. 26
Type Species
Lophosmilia rotundifolia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 247, pl. 5, figs. 3, 3a; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Holotype; MNHN ; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: andquot;Americaandquot;, depth unknown
Type species best described by Cairns (1979).
Classification
Diagnosis
Corallum solitary, ceratoid to trochoid, and attached; base polycyclic; septotheca costate; pali absent; columella papillose or an elongate fused mass.
Comparisons
Like Monohedotrochus but having a polycyclic base
Remarks
Two Recent species only
This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 15:21
This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 16-Oct-2008 15:22.
Page authors are: Stephen D. Cairns Jarek Stolarski. 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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