Lophelia
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 69
Type Species
Madrepora prolifera Pallas, 1766, p. 307, no figs; Subsequent Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1850, p. xx
Type Specimen: Unknown; ; Not Traced; Unknown
Type Locality: Recent: Norway
=M. pertusa Linnaeus, 1758.
Classification
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Corallum colonial, forming large dendroid colonies through intracalicular budding; coenosteum dense; costae poorly developed; pali absent; columella poorly developed; sparse endothecal dissepiments.
Remarks
Monotypic, the single species known from the Pliocene to Recent (Zibrowius, 1980).
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This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 03-Nov-2008 17:24.
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The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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