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Colpophyllia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Favina
Superfamily:
Faviicae
Family:
Faviidae
Subfamily:
Faviinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Colpophyllia M.EDW.-H., 1848
Type Species:
Meandrina gyrosa Lamarck, 1816 (=Madrepora gyrosa Ellis & Solander, 1786, =Madrepora natans MÜLLER, 1775)
Images
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Fig. 300,4. C. amaranthus (Müller), Rec., Barbados, X1 (88)
Synonyms
Hydnophyllia
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-W.Indies
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Meandroid, colony formation by intramural budding with terminal forking. Collines discontinuous, rarely with ambulacra. Series commonly discontinuous, linkages lamellar. Septa with very small or no internal lobes.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Favina
Superfamily:
Faviicae
Family:
Faviidae
Subfamily:
Faviinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Colpophyllia M.EDW.-H., 1848
Type Species:
Meandrina gyrosa Lamarck, 1816 (=Madrepora gyrosa Ellis & Solander, 1786, =Madrepora natans MÜLLER, 1775)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 300,4. C. amaranthus (Müller), Rec., Barbados, X1 (88)
Synonyms
Hydnophyllia
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-W.Indies
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Ypresian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
56
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Meandroid, colony formation by intramural budding with terminal forking. Collines discontinuous, rarely with ambulacra. Series commonly discontinuous, linkages lamellar. Septa with very small or no internal lobes.