Spongiopsammia

Kuzmicheva, 1987, 153

Spongiopsammia Kuzmicheva, 1987, 153 is a not a scleractinian.

Invalid: an unrecognizable genus

S. amitrovi Kuzmicheva, 1987, p. 154, pl. 27, fig. 3; Original Designation

Type Specimen: Holotype; MGU N185/885; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Late Eocene: Southern Ukraine.

Although described as a dendrophylliid, aspects of septa and columella suggest that it is probably a coralline demosponge (see Cairns, 2001).

This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 11:32

This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 24-Oct-2008 17:27.

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