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Stephanocoenia
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
Family:
Astrocoeniidae
Subfamily:
Astrocoeniinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Stephanocoenia M.EDW.-H., 1848
Type Species:
Astrea intersepta Lamarck, 1816 (non Madrepora intersepta ESPER, 1719)
Images
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Fig. 262,1. *S. michelini M.Edw.-H., Rec., W.Indies, X5 (95)
Synonyms
Antillastraea
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-USA-W.Indies
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Plocoid to subcerioid, massive, Costae short, Septa with minutely dentate margins, one crown of 12 pali before first 2 septal cycles, Columella styliform
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Cnidaria
Class:
Anthozoa
Subclass:
Octocorallia
Order:
Scleractinia
Suborder:
Astrocoeniina
Family:
Astrocoeniidae
Subfamily:
Astrocoeniinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Stephanocoenia M.EDW.-H., 1848
Type Species:
Astrea intersepta Lamarck, 1816 (non Madrepora intersepta ESPER, 1719)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 262,1. *S. michelini M.Edw.-H., Rec., W.Indies, X5 (95)
Synonyms
Antillastraea
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-USA-W.Indies
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.
Beginning International Stage:
Berriasian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
143.1
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Plocoid to subcerioid, massive, Costae short, Septa with minutely dentate margins, one crown of 12 pali before first 2 septal cycles, Columella styliform
