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Paracyathus

Milne Edwards, 1848, p. 318

Type Species

P. procumbens Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 320, p. 10, fig. 6; Subsequent Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850, p. xv

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Not Traced; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Eocene: Hauteville

Classification

Diagnosis

Corallum solitary, attached, ceratoid to trochoid in shape; septotheca costate; multiple paliform lobes present on all but last septal cycle; columella papillose.

Comparisons

Similar to Polycyathus, but corolla are solitary, not linked by stolons.

Remarks

About 20 fossil species and 23 Recent species.

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

This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 03-Nov-2008 17:23.

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


Paracyathus stearnsii
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Paracyathus stearnsi, typical calice with five septal cycles
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