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Aulopora
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Auloporida
Superfamily:
Auloporicae
Family:
Auloporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aulopora GOLDFUSS, 1829, p. 82
Type Species:
A. serpens Goldfuss, 1829, SD Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850, p. lxxvi, toriginal of Goldfuss, 1829, pl. 29, fig. 1 b, which is 202, Goldfuss Coll., IP, Bonn, missing fide Lecompte, 1936, p. 83, lectotype by Lang, Smith, & Thomas, 1940, p. 24, M.Dev., Bensberg or the Eifel, =Aulopora repens Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1851, p. 312, see LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 24, for discussion of homonymy
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Fig. 432,1b-e. A. serpens minor GOLDFUSS, M.Dev.(Couvin.), Pol., Holy Cross Mts.; b, fragment of a colony, X5.0 c, cross section showing radial structure of wall, X30.0, d,e, thin sees. showing formation of young corallites, X30.0 (Stasinska, 1974).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Baltic) -Asia (Irkutsk) ; Sil.-Perm., cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
443.07
Description
Corallum reptant, low, commonly adherent; coralliIes comute, joined in linear chains or anastomosing; calices slightly raised above substrate, conical or barrel-shaped; walls moderately thick; septal spinules present or absent; tabulae commonly absent, or sparse and oblique; increase basal-lateral; offsets originate on calical surface of wall. [Type species insufficiently known.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Tabulata
Order:
Auloporida
Superfamily:
Auloporicae
Family:
Auloporidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aulopora GOLDFUSS, 1829, p. 82
Type Species:
A. serpens Goldfuss, 1829, SD Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850, p. lxxvi, toriginal of Goldfuss, 1829, pl. 29, fig. 1 b, which is 202, Goldfuss Coll., IP, Bonn, missing fide Lecompte, 1936, p. 83, lectotype by Lang, Smith, & Thomas, 1940, p. 24, M.Dev., Bensberg or the Eifel, =Aulopora repens Milne-Edwards & HAIME, 1851, p. 312, see LANG, SMITH, & THOMAS, 1940, p. 24, for discussion of homonymy
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 432,1b-e. A. serpens minor GOLDFUSS, M.Dev.(Couvin.), Pol., Holy Cross Mts.; b, fragment of a colony, X5.0 c, cross section showing radial structure of wall, X30.0, d,e, thin sees. showing formation of young corallites, X30.0 (Stasinska, 1974).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(Baltic) -Asia (Irkutsk) ; Sil.-Perm., cosmop
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Tremadocian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
486.85
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Ord.
Ending International Stage:
Hirnantian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
443.07
Description
Corallum reptant, low, commonly adherent; coralliIes comute, joined in linear chains or anastomosing; calices slightly raised above substrate, conical or barrel-shaped; walls moderately thick; septal spinules present or absent; tabulae commonly absent, or sparse and oblique; increase basal-lateral; offsets originate on calical surface of wall. [Type species insufficiently known.]