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Meandrina
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Favina
Superfamily:
Faviicae
Family:
Meandrinidae
Subfamily:
Meandrininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Meandrina LAMARCK, 1801
Type Species:
M. pectinata (=Madrepora maeandrites LINNÉ, 1758)
Images
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Fig. 314,3a. M. braziliensis (M.Edw.-H.), Rec., Braz., X0.5 (88). -- Fig. 314,3b. *M. maeandrites (Linné), Rec., Bahamas, X1 (88)
Synonyms
Maeandra, Placocyathus, Ctenophyllia, Sphenophyllia, ?Thecophyllia
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-W.Indies-Braz.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc., Rec.
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, valleys continuous or discontinuous, the series united directly by septothecae without ambulacra. Columella generally discontinuous.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Favina
Superfamily:
Faviicae
Family:
Meandrinidae
Subfamily:
Meandrininae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Meandrina LAMARCK, 1801
Type Species:
M. pectinata (=Madrepora maeandrites LINNÉ, 1758)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 314,3a. M. braziliensis (M.Edw.-H.), Rec., Braz., X0.5 (88). -- Fig. 314,3b. *M. maeandrites (Linné), Rec., Bahamas, X1 (88)
Synonyms
Maeandra, Placocyathus, Ctenophyllia, Sphenophyllia, ?Thecophyllia
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-W.Indies-Braz.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Eoc., Rec.
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, valleys continuous or discontinuous, the series united directly by septothecae without ambulacra. Columella generally discontinuous.