A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
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XXX<br />
BRITISH FOSSIL CORALS.<br />
26. Genus Astroccenia.<br />
Milne Edw. aud J. Haime, loc. cit., p. 296, 1848.<br />
Corallum very <strong>de</strong>nse, and not bearing columnar processes, as in <strong>the</strong> preceding genus.<br />
Cfl^z'ce* polygonal. Co/M/«e//« styliform, not projecting much. No/ja/?'. /SVjote thick; apparently<br />
eight or ten systems, two or four <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> secondary septa being as much <strong>de</strong>veloped<br />
as <strong>the</strong> six primary ones. Walls thick and united, as in Stylocoeuia.<br />
Tjrp. sp., Astroccenia Orbignyana, Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit., p. 297 ; Astrea formosissima,<br />
Michelin, Icon., pi. Ixxii, fig. 9.<br />
27. Genus Stephanoccenia.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit., p. 300, 1848.<br />
Corallum glomerulate ; <strong>the</strong> corallites united by <strong>the</strong>ir walls, which are thick and<br />
compact; gemmation lateral and marginal. C«//ces subpolygonal. Cb/«?«e//a styliform, and<br />
not projecting much. A coronet <strong>of</strong> ]jali, corresponding to <strong>the</strong> septa <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ol<strong>de</strong>r cycla.<br />
Septa scarcely exsert, granulated on <strong>the</strong>ir si<strong>de</strong>s, and forming six systems, which are in<br />
general equally <strong>de</strong>veloped.<br />
Typ. sp., Stephanoccenia intersepta, Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit., tab. vii, fig. 1 ; Astrea intersepta,<br />
Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert., t. ii, p. 2C6.<br />
28. Genus Phylloccenia.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit., p. 469, 1848.<br />
Coralhun glomerate, astreiform. Corallites united by <strong>the</strong> costse and <strong>the</strong> exo<strong>the</strong>ca, which<br />
are highly <strong>de</strong>veloped. Calices with a free margin, slightly elevated. No columella, or only<br />
traces <strong>of</strong> a rucUmentary one. No jya//. Sejita very broad, exsert, and forming six<br />
systems ;<br />
gemmation lateral.<br />
Typ. sp., Phylloccenia irradians, Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit. ; Astrea radiata, Michelin, pi. xii, fig. 4.<br />
29. Genus Dichoccenia.<br />
Milne Edw. aud J. Haime, loc. cit., p. 305, 1848.<br />
Corallum glomerate, astreiform. Corallites united by a veiy abundant and <strong>de</strong>nse costal<br />
crenenchyraa, <strong>the</strong> upper surface <strong>of</strong> which is subgranulate. Calices circular or elliptical, with<br />
a projecting margin. Cohmdla small. Pali corresponding to most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> septa, which are<br />
exsert and granulated. Multiplication fissiparous.<br />
Typ. sp., Bichocoenia porcata, Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit. ; Astrea porcata, Lamarck, Anim. sans<br />
Vert., t. ii, p. 260.