Micrabaciidae
Vaughan, 1905
Diagnosis
Simple, free, cupolate, ahermatypic. No corallite wall, the costae alternating in position with septa, beaded or smooth, fixed to septa by regularly spaced simple synapticulae. Septa composed of one fan system of simple trabeculae, perforate, margins dentate. Dissepiments absent. Synapticulae simple, mostly in costal region present. Columella trabecular.
Contains
- Stephanophyllia Michelin, 1841, p. 484
- Letepsammia Yabe and Eguchi, 1932, p. 58
- Stephanopsammia Yabe and Eguchi, 1932
- Leptopenus Moseley, 1881, p. 204
- Discopsammia Orbigny, 1850, p. 180
- Micrabacia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 71
- Rhombopsammia Owens, 1986, p. 249
- Cyclabacia Boelsche, 1866, p. 474
- Actinoseris Orbigny, 1849, vol. II, p. 180
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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