Actinastreidae
Alloiteau, 1952
Diagnosis
Colonial. Gemmation predominantly extracalicinal, occasionally intracalicinal. Corallites united by their septothecal wall or separated by a rudimentary peritheca. Wall generally compact or with a small number of lacunes (pores). Septa compact, beaded marginally, composed of a series of simple trabeculae, varying in diameter (up to 150 microns). Columella styliform, pali present or not. Endotheca sparsely developed, vesicular.
Contains
- Araiocoenia Alloiteau, 1948
- Carinactinastraea Beauvais, 1981, p. 354
- Aplosastrea Orbigny, 1850, p. 9
- Columactinastraea Alloiteau, 1952, p. 603
- Allocoenia Etallon, 1859 : 477
- Texastrea Wells, 1973
- Stelidioseris Tomes, 1893, p. 576
- Floriastrea Turnsek, in Turnšek and Mihajlovic, 1981, p. 13 (ex Floria Turnsek, 1981)
- Chondrocoenia Roniewicz, 1989:103
- Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze, 1977, p. 71
- Koilocoenia Duncan, 1884:115
- Tricassastraea Alloiteau, 1966, in Alloiteau and Dercourt, p. 321
- Actinastrea Orbigny, 1849, p. 10
- Enallastraea Fromentel, 1861, p. 233
- Allocoeniopsis Alloiteau, 1958, p. 11
This page has been in preparation since 02-Oct-2009 17:15
This version was contributed by Ken Johnson on 02-Oct-2009 17:15.
Page authors are: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.
The editor is: Rosemarie Baron-Szabo
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