Colangia
Pourtales, 1871, p. 31
Type Species
C. immersa Pourtalès, 1871, p. 31, no figs.; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Holotype; MCZ 2787; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Recent; Bahamas, 576
Type species well described by Cairns (2000).
Classification
Diagnosis
Corallum reptoid, producing additional corallites extratentacularly by discrete stolons; corallites with polycyclic base; epithecate; axial edges of S1-2 smooth, those of S3-4 finely dentate; paliform lobes before penultimate cycle (P3)columella lamellar or papillose; endotheca absent.
Remarks
Known from only four species, none of them fossil (Cairns, 2000; Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997). Removed from the Rhizangiidae by Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997
This page has been in preparation since 04-Aug-2008 15:42
This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 20-Nov-2008 20:19.
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The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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