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Spongophyllum
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Spongophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Spongophyllum MILNE-EDWARDS & HAIME, 1851,
p. 425
Type Species:
S. sedgwicki; M; tneotype R4999 and 26300-1, BM(NH), London; by JONES, 1929, p. 89
Images
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Fig. 145,3a,b. *S. sedgwicki, neotype, beach pebble probably from M.Dev., S. Devon.; a,b, transv., long. sees., X3.3 (Hill, n;
photographs courtesy J. S. Jell).
Synonyms
Carlinastraea
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Japan)-Australia(New S. Wales); V.Sil., Eu.(Gotl.); L.Dev., Eu.(Urals)- Asia (Urals-Kuzbas)-Australia (Queensl.-New S. Wales)-N.Am.(Yukon); M.Dev., Eu.(U.K.-USSR)- N.Am.(Alaska
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Cerioid; corallites with slightly thickened wall; major septa thin, unequal, one or more almost reaching axis, their tabularial parts and axial edges smooth but may be slightly twirled; minor septa mostly discontinuous longitudinally, withdrawn toward wall; septal trabeculae fine, uniserial, contiguous monacanths; tabularium narrow, of rather widely separated hOrizontal or slightly sagging tabulae; dissepimentarium commonly of large dissepiments in single series of strongly curved plates, supplemented by smaller plates. [Diagnosis based on neotype. Revision of species referred to genus necessary. See also BIRENHEIDE, 1962a, p. n.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Rugosa
Order:
Stauriida
Suborder:
Ptenophyllina
Family:
Spongophyllidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Spongophyllum MILNE-EDWARDS & HAIME, 1851,
p. 425
Type Species:
S. sedgwicki; M; tneotype R4999 and 26300-1, BM(NH), London; by JONES, 1929, p. 89
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 145,3a,b. *S. sedgwicki, neotype, beach pebble probably from M.Dev., S. Devon.; a,b, transv., long. sees., X3.3 (Hill, n;
photographs courtesy J. S. Jell).
Synonyms
Carlinastraea
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Japan)-Australia(New S. Wales); V.Sil., Eu.(Gotl.); L.Dev., Eu.(Urals)- Asia (Urals-Kuzbas)-Australia (Queensl.-New S. Wales)-N.Am.(Yukon); M.Dev., Eu.(U.K.-USSR)- N.Am.(Alaska
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Homerian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
426.74
Description
Cerioid; corallites with slightly thickened wall; major septa thin, unequal, one or more almost reaching axis, their tabularial parts and axial edges smooth but may be slightly twirled; minor septa mostly discontinuous longitudinally, withdrawn toward wall; septal trabeculae fine, uniserial, contiguous monacanths; tabularium narrow, of rather widely separated hOrizontal or slightly sagging tabulae; dissepimentarium commonly of large dissepiments in single series of strongly curved plates, supplemented by smaller plates. [Diagnosis based on neotype. Revision of species referred to genus necessary. See also BIRENHEIDE, 1962a, p. n.]