Cyathophoridae

Vaughan and Wells, 1943

Diagnosis

Ramose or plocoid, rarely cerioid. Colony formation by extratentacular budding. Septa rarely in more than 2 cycles, slightly exsert. No columella. Endothecal dissepiments thin and tabulate. Coenosteum vesicular or tabular, surface spinose.

Remarks

This family includes the junior synonym Pentacoeniidae Loeser, 2014, p. 46 (ex Pentacoenioida Duncan, 1884). For more information regarding taxonomic decision, see Remarks under Placocoeniidae Loser, 2012.

Contains

• Bathycoenia Tomes, 1883, p. 176
• Bilaterocoenia Morycowa, 1974, p. 463
• Cyathophora Michelin, 1843, p. 104
• Holocystis Lonsdale, 1849, p. 253
• Nowakocoenia Kolodziej, 2000, p. 187

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The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo