Anomocora
Studer, 1878, p. 641
Type Species
Coelosmilia fecunda Pourtalès, 1871, p. 21, pl. 1, fig. 12, pl. 6, figs. 14-15; Monotypy
Type Specimen: Syntype; MCZ 2752; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: Recent: Strait of Florida, 124-576 m
Type species well described by Cairns (1979). Six syntypes.
Classification
Diagnosis
Corallum colonial and recumbent, new corallites budding extracalicularly from edge zone and quickly becoming detached from parent corallum resulting in corallites with an open or broken base; endothecal dissepiments widely spaced; paliform lobes present on higher cycle septa; columella trabecular.
Comparisons
Similar to Asterosmilia but budding daughter corallites from edge zone.
Remarks
See Cairns and Wells (1987) and Cairns (2000) and Dawson (2004) for latest taxonomic treatment of this genus. Three fossil species and 5 Recent.
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This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 16-Oct-2008 14:25.
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The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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