Fungiacyathus
Sars, 1872, p. 60
Type Species
F. fragilis Sars, 1872, p. 58, pl. 5, figs. 24-32; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Syntype; B626; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Recent; Lofoten, Norway, 548 m
Four syntypes. Type species deposited as Musee de oslo and best described by Zibrowius (1980).
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Corallum solitary, cupolate, free; septotheca horizontal, often concave, and thin and fragile; costae usually thin ridges; axial edges of septa irregularly dentate, laterally braced by thin T- or Y-shaped synapticular plates that extend upwards and outwards; five cycles of septa; dissepiments absent; paliform lobes sometimes present; columella feeble.
Comparisons
Monotypic
Remarks
Several fossil species and six Recent species (Cairns, 1989; Szabo, 2002).
Contains
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This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 20-Nov-2008 21:13.
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