Goniocorella
Yabe and Eguchi, 1932, p. 389
Type Species
Pourtalosmilia dumosa Alcock, 1902c, p. 36, pl. 5, fig. 33.; Original Designation
Type Specimen: Syntype; ZMA 1097; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Recent; Banda Sea, Indonesia, 469-487 m
Type species well described by Cairns (1995).
Classification
Diagnosis
Corallum colonial, bushy, formed by extracalicular budding, usually at right angle to parent corallite; corallites also bonded by slender hollow tubular coenosteal bridges; pail and columella absent; tabular endothecal dissepiments common and widely spaced.
Remarks
Monotypic. This genus is one of the major framework forming deep-water corals in the New Zealand region.
This page has been in preparation since 08-Oct-2008 15:21
This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 22-Oct-2008 17:44.
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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