Astraeomorphidae
Frech, 1890:64
ex Astraeomorphinae Frech, 1890:64
Diagnosis
Colonial thamnasterioid; increase intra and extracalicular; corallites small; radial elements compact, short; trabecular centers individualized or coalescing into a homogeneous mid-septal zone; synapticulae in a single row at the boundary between corallites and at the internal edges of septa which anastomose with sides of neighboring septa, or scattered; menianes developed or lacking; columella monoaxial; endotheca poorly developed, vesicular; holotheca.
Contains
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This version was contributed by Ewa Roniewicz on 16-Oct-2010 08:42.
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The editor is: Ewa Roniewicz
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