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Onychophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lykophyllina
Family:
Lykophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Onychophyllum SMITH, 1930a, p. 301
Type Species:
O. pringlei, OD, + 49070$ and PF4694, GSM, London
Images
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Fig. 161,1a-h. *O. pringlei, a-d, holotype, serial transv. secs., a through calice, X3, e-h, another specimen, serial transv. secs., X3 (Smith, 1930a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(U.K.)-Asia(Hupei)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.(Llandov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.(Llandov.)
Ending International Stage:
Telychian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
432.93
Description
Small, solitary, trochoid, calice deep, septa short, thick, irregular, those of cardinal quadrants longer and thinner than those in counter quadrants, with conspicuous axial septum that parts in late stages into long, thin counter septum and short, thick cardinal septum, tabulae not well known, no dissepiments. [Observations by Dr. J. S. JELL, unpubl.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Lykophyllina
Family:
Lykophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Onychophyllum SMITH, 1930a, p. 301
Type Species:
O. pringlei, OD, + 49070$ and PF4694, GSM, London
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 161,1a-h. *O. pringlei, a-d, holotype, serial transv. secs., a through calice, X3, e-h, another specimen, serial transv. secs., X3 (Smith, 1930a).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.(U.K.)-Asia(Hupei)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.(Llandov.)
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.(Llandov.)
Ending International Stage:
Telychian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
432.93
Description
Small, solitary, trochoid, calice deep, septa short, thick, irregular, those of cardinal quadrants longer and thinner than those in counter quadrants, with conspicuous axial septum that parts in late stages into long, thin counter septum and short, thick cardinal septum, tabulae not well known, no dissepiments. [Observations by Dr. J. S. JELL, unpubl.]