Thalamophyllia
Duchassaing, 1870, p. 28
Type Species
Desmophyllum riisei Duchassaing, 1860, p. 61, pl. I, fig. 5; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Holotype; MSNT ; Lost; Unknown
Type Locality: Recent: St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
The type species is well described by Cairns (1979).
Classification
Diagnosis
Corallum colonial, forming reptoid colonies by extracalicular budding from stolons; corallites ceratoid; pali and columella missing; no endotheca.
Comparisons
Differs from Desmophyllum in having a colonial (reptoid) corallum.
Remarks
Four Recent species.
This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 15:21
This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 22-Oct-2008 18:22.
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
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