Meandrinidae
Gray, 1847, p. 128
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Solitary (?) and colonial; intracalicular budding; meandroid, flabellate, phaceloid, flabello-meandroid, or plocoid; mostly septothecal and paraseptothecal; septa laminar, formed by one or more fan systems of simple trabeculae; septal teeth minute; lateral septal faces smooth or having low scattered spinose granulation; extensive thickening deposits; microstructure often showing distinct median lines; no pali or paliform lobes; lamellar or trabecular columella; well-developed endotheca; solid or vesicular peritheca.
Contains
- Aulosmilia Alloiteau, 1952, p. 636
- Dasmiopsis Oppenheim, 1930, p. 542
- Dendrogyra Ehrenberg, 1834, p.324
- Dichocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 469
- Diploctenium Goldfuss, 1827, p. 51
- Eusmilia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 467
- Flabellosmilia Oppenheim, 1930, p. 539
- Glenarea Pocta, 1887, p. 25
- Nefophyllia Wells, 1937, p. 249
- Pachygyra Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 194
- Phragmosmilia Alloiteau, 1952
- Phyllosmilia Fromentel, 1862-1887
- Rennensismilia Alloiteau, 1952, p. 637
- Strotogyra Wells, 1937, p. 73
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This version was contributed by Danwei Huang on 27-Sep-2012 20:54.
Page authors are: Ann Budd Danwei Huang. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Ann Budd
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