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Diploria
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Favina
Superfamily:
Faviicae
Family:
Faviidae
Subfamily:
Faviinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Diploria M.EDW.-H., 1848
Type Species:
Meandrina cerebriformis Lamarck, 1816 (=Madrepora labyrinthiformis LINNÉ, 1758)
Images
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Fig. 295,5a. *D. labyrinthiformis, Rec., Fla., X1 (151). -- Fig. 295,5b. D. strigosa (Dana), Rec., Fla., X0.5 (151)
Synonyms
Maeandrella
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-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
Like Favia but meandroid, colony formation by polystomodaeal intramural budding with lateral branching and terminal forking, series long with thick collines, separated by ambulacra in some species. Columella continuous, trabecular.
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:
Diploria M.EDW.-H., 1848
Type Species:
Meandrina cerebriformis Lamarck, 1816 (=Madrepora labyrinthiformis LINNÉ, 1758)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 295,5a. *D. labyrinthiformis, Rec., Fla., X1 (151). -- Fig. 295,5b. D. strigosa (Dana), Rec., Fla., X0.5 (151)
Synonyms
Maeandrella
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.-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
Like Favia but meandroid, colony formation by polystomodaeal intramural budding with lateral branching and terminal forking, series long with thick collines, separated by ambulacra in some species. Columella continuous, trabecular.