Astrocoeniidae

Koby, 1890

Diagnosis

[from Wells 1956] Colonial, hermatypic, phaceloid to cerioid by extratentacular budding. Corallite walls septothecal (except Pinacophyllum), composed of one series of simple trabecular spines projecting inward and upward from the wall, those of lower cycles fusing in the septal plane to form nearly smooth- or beaded-margined laminae. Columella absent or styliform and continuous. Endothecal dissepiments tabular; exothecal dissepiments tabular when developed.

Contains

• Stylophoropsis Reig Oriol, 1988, p. 6
• Stylocoeniella Yabe and Sugiyama, 1935
• Hydnoseriatopora Reig Oriol, 1990, p. 32
• Atopocoenia Wells, 1973, p.378
• Astrocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p.469

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: Jim Klaus. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Ann Budd