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Aspidiscus
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Fungiina
Superfamily:
Fungiicae
Family:
Cyclolitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aspidiscus KÖNIG, 1825
Type Species:
A. shawi (=Cyclolites cristata LAMARCK, 1801)
Images
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Fig. 280,7. A. felixi Renz, Cenom., Greece, 7a, lat. aspect, X1, 7b, transv. sec., X2 (188)
Synonyms
Cyclophyllia, Helladastraea
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-AsiaM.-N. Afr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Barremian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
126.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Turonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
89.39
Description
Small, cupolate, hydnophoroid colonies produced by circummural budding
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Fungiina
Superfamily:
Fungiicae
Family:
Cyclolitidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aspidiscus KÖNIG, 1825
Type Species:
A. shawi (=Cyclolites cristata LAMARCK, 1801)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 280,7. A. felixi Renz, Cenom., Greece, 7a, lat. aspect, X1, 7b, transv. sec., X2 (188)
Synonyms
Cyclophyllia, Helladastraea
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-AsiaM.-N. Afr.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Barremian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
126.5
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Cret.
Ending International Stage:
Turonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
89.39
Description
Small, cupolate, hydnophoroid colonies produced by circummural budding