A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
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BRITISH FOSSIL CORALS.<br />
indistinctly separated by superficial, narrow grooves. Columella not much <strong>de</strong>veloped at<br />
its apex ; but having a ten<strong>de</strong>ncy to become compact, and to fill up <strong>the</strong> visceral chamber<br />
towards its basis. Sejjfa very thick, closely set, scarcely granulated, and very feebly<br />
<strong>de</strong>nticulated. Dissepiments little <strong>de</strong>veloped.<br />
Typ. sp., Baryastrea solida, Milne Edw. and J.<br />
Hainie, loc. cit.<br />
68. Genus Acanthastrea.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Haime, Comptes rend., t. xxvii, p. 495, 1848.<br />
Corallum forming a slightly convex mass, with its upper surface strongly echinulate, and<br />
its un<strong>de</strong>r surface constituting a plate, covered with a complete, thin epi<strong>the</strong>ca. Genuuation<br />
sub-marginal or marginal. CoraUifes united by <strong>the</strong>ir walls, which are somewhat cellular.<br />
Calices sub-polygonal, with broad, spiniferous, simple, common margins. Columella rudimentary<br />
or septal. Septa exsert, strong, and armed with projecting spiniform teeth, <strong>the</strong><br />
largest <strong>of</strong> which are situated near <strong>the</strong> walls, instead <strong>of</strong> being <strong>the</strong> central ones, as in <strong>the</strong><br />
preceding genera. Dissepiments very numerous.<br />
Typ. sp., Acanthastrea spinosa, Milne Edw. and J. Hainie, Comptes rend., t. xxvii, p. 495.<br />
69. Genus Synastkea.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Hainie, Comptes rend., t. xxvii, p. 495, 1848.<br />
Corallum pediculate, and increasing in breadth more than in height. Gemmation<br />
sub-mai'ginal. Corallites intimately united by <strong>the</strong>ir walls. Calices superficial, distinct at<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir centre, but not so towards <strong>the</strong>ir cu'cumference. Columella very small. Septa confluent,<br />
progressing from one calicular centre to ano<strong>the</strong>r without interruption, exsert, and<br />
hiding <strong>the</strong> walls, over which <strong>the</strong>y extend ; <strong>the</strong>ir calicular margin almost horizontal, and<br />
armed with nearly equal teeth.<br />
Typ. sp., Synastrea Savignyi, Milne Edw. and J. Haime, Ann. <strong>de</strong>s Sc. Nat., 3"" serie, vol. x,<br />
tab. ix, fig. 12.<br />
70. Genus Thamnastrea.<br />
Thamnasteria {in j)arte), Le Sauvage, M^m. <strong>de</strong> la Soc. d'Hist. Nat. <strong>de</strong> Paris, vol. i, p. 241, 1822; Thamnastrea,<br />
ejusd., Ann. <strong>de</strong>s Sc. Nat., 1" serie, vol. .xxvi, p. 328.<br />
Corallum having confluent septa, and most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r characters <strong>of</strong> Synastrea, but<br />
forming a fascicidus <strong>of</strong> columns or thick branches, erect, and <strong>of</strong> a more or less arborescent<br />
aspect.<br />
Typ. sp., Thamnastrea <strong>de</strong>ndroi<strong>de</strong>a, Le Sauvage, Mem. <strong>de</strong> la Soc. d'Hist. Nat., vol. i, tab. xiv.<br />
71. Genus Goniastrea.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Haime, Comptes rend., t. x.xvii, p. 495, 1848.<br />
Corallum always increasing by successive fissiparity, and forming a convex or lobulated<br />
mass, <strong>of</strong> a <strong>de</strong>nse structure. Corallites intimately united from top to bottom by <strong>the</strong>ir walls,