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Phyllangia

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 497

Type Species

P. americana Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848: p. 182, no fig.; Subsequent Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850, p. xliv

Type Specimen: Holotype; MNHN ; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Recent: Martinique, Lesser Antilles

The type species is well described by Cairns (2000).

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Corallum colonial, encrusting; extracalicular budding from common basal coenosteum; costae granular; axial edges of septa finely serrate to smooth; paliform lobes before septa of penultimate cycle; columella trabecular; endotheca present.

Remarks

The genus is need of a revision. It contains approximately 12 species, 8 of those Recent (Cairns, et al., 1999). It was recently transferred from the Rhizangiidae to the Caryophylliidae by Cairns (2000)

This page has been in preparation since 04-Aug-2008 14:58

This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 20-Nov-2008 20:11.

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


Phyllangia americana americana Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, calicular view.
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Phyllangia americana americana Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, syntype colony.
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