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 />
9. Genus Halomitra.<br />
Dana, Zooph., p. 311, 1846.<br />
septa.<br />
Corallum composite, differing from <strong>the</strong> preceding genus by its<br />
very long and numerous<br />
Typ. sp., Halomitra pileus, Dana, loc. cit., p. 311 ; Fungia pileus, Lamarck, Hist, <strong>de</strong>s An. sans Vert.,<br />
t. ii, p. 237.<br />
10. Genus Podobacia.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit., p. 71, 1849.<br />
Corallum composite, cyatliiform, and adherent by its basis.<br />
Calices as in Halomitra.<br />
Typ. sp., Podobacia cyathoi<strong>de</strong>s, nob.; Agaricia cyathoi<strong>de</strong>s, Valenciennes MSS., in <strong>the</strong> Gallery <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Paris Museum.<br />
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Genus Lithactinia.<br />
Lesson, Illustr. Zoo!., 1833.<br />
Corallum composite, free. Calices <strong>of</strong> one sort only, and not radiate. Septa short,<br />
and separated by very thin, transverse lamina?, which appear to be analogous to columellae.<br />
Typ. sp., Lithactinia novcehybernice. Lesson, loc. cit., vi, figs. 1, 2.<br />
12. Genus Polyphyllia.<br />
Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. <strong>de</strong> 1' Astrolabe, Zooph., p. 184, 1833.<br />
CoraUum composite, free, and having calices <strong>of</strong> two sorts ; <strong>the</strong> central ones sub-radiate,<br />
and arranged in a line.<br />
Typ. sp., Polyphyllia pelvis, Quoy and Gaimard, loc. cit., pi. xx, figs. 8— 10.<br />
13. Genus Zoopilus.<br />
Dana, Zooph., p. 318, 1846.<br />
CoraUum composite. Septa <strong>of</strong> t-wo sorts ; <strong>the</strong> large ones radiately prolonged quite to<br />
<strong>the</strong> margin ; <strong>the</strong> intermediate much smaller, and those only interrupted by <strong>the</strong> cahcular<br />
fossulae or oruims.<br />
Typ. sp., Zoopilus echinatus, Dana, op. cit., p. 319.<br />
Third Tribe- LOPHOSERIN^.<br />
Plate (or basal wall) not perforate nor echinulate.<br />
No epithcca.