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Dendrophyllia

Blainville, 1830, p. 319

Type Species

Madrepora ramea Linnaeus, 1758, p. 797, no fig.; Subsequent Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850, p. liii

Type Specimen: Lectotype; ; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: Recent; Mediterranean

Type species well described in Zibrowius (1980). Nomenclatural note by Cairns (2001) about availability of name. Lectotype designated by Zibrowius (1980). Type deposited in University of Bologna (Potts, 1995)

Classification

Synonyms

Diagnosis

Extratentacular budding forms colonies of three types: arborescent, bushy and dendroid; epitheca absent; costae well defined; septa in Pourtalès plan;; pali present or not; columella spongy or papillose; azooxanthellate.

Remarks

This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. 74 species, 33 known from fossil record. Cairns (2001) divided the genus into three species groups, based on colony morphology.

This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 15:21

This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 31-Oct-2008 16:52.

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


Dendrophyllia ramea (Linneaus, 1758), calicular view.
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Dendrophyllia ramea (Linneaus, 1758), large colony.
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Dendrophyllia ramea (Linneaus, 1758), terminal calice of a branch of a large colony.
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Dendrophyllia ramea, calice view, showing Portalès plan
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