A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
A monograph of the British fossil corals - kreidefossilien.de
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INTRODUCTION.<br />
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7. Genus Stephanophyllia.<br />
Michelin, Diet, <strong>de</strong>s Sc. Nat., Suppl., vol. i, p. 484, 1841.<br />
Corallum simple, free, and presenting no trace <strong>of</strong> adherence. IFall discoidal,<br />
horizontal. Calice circular and open. Septa tall, thin, crow<strong>de</strong>d, not projecting laterally<br />
beyond <strong>the</strong> edge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mural disc, covered with conical granulations on each si<strong>de</strong>, and<br />
all, excepting those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> first cyclum, united by <strong>the</strong> inner edge. Costce <strong>de</strong>licate, straight,<br />
composed <strong>of</strong> simple series <strong>of</strong> obscm-e granulations, and radiating regularly from <strong>the</strong><br />
centre <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> mural disc to its circumference. No epi<strong>the</strong>ca.<br />
Typ. sp., Stephanophyllia elegans, Michelin, Icon. Zooph., pi. viii, fig. 2. Milne Edw. and J. Haime,<br />
loc. eit., tab. i, fig. 10.<br />
8. Genus Dendrophtllia.<br />
Blainville, Diet, <strong>de</strong>s Sc. Nat., vol. ix, p. 31!), 1830.<br />
Corallum composite, and in general arborescent. Corallites cylindrical, or cylincbicoturbinate,<br />
and formed by lateral gemmation. Calices circular, or nearly so ;<br />
fossula <strong>de</strong>ep.<br />
Columella well <strong>de</strong>veloped, and in general projecting much at <strong>the</strong> bottom <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fossula.<br />
Septa not exsert, thin, and closely set ; those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fourth cyclum well <strong>de</strong>veloped. Wulh<br />
becoming very thick, and presenting narrow vermiculate costm, formed by series <strong>of</strong> granula'.<br />
Typ. sp., Bendrophyllia ramea, Blainville, loc. cit. ; Milne Edw., Atlas du Rfegne Animal <strong>de</strong> Ciivier,<br />
Zooph., pi. Isxxiii, fig. 1.<br />
9. Genus Lobopsammia.<br />
Milne Edw. and J. Haime, Ann. <strong>de</strong>s Sc. Nat., 3""= serie, vol. x, p. 105, 1848.<br />
Corallum composite, arborescent, increasing by successive fissiparity. Calices irregular<br />
in form. Septa forming four complete and well-<strong>de</strong>veloped cycla. In o<strong>the</strong>r respects similar<br />
to Dendrophyllia.<br />
Typ. sp., Lobopsammia cariosa, Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit. ; Litho<strong>de</strong>ndron cariosum, Goldfuss,<br />
Petref. Germ., vol. i, tab. xiii, fig. 7.<br />
1 0. Genus Ccenopsammia.<br />
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Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit., p. 106, 1848 ; Tubastrea, Lesson, Voyage aux In<strong>de</strong>s orient, par<br />
Belanger, 1834.<br />
Corallum composite, <strong>de</strong>ndroid, or sub-globose, increasing by lateral or sub-basal gemmation.<br />
Corallites cylindrical. Calices circular, or nearly so. Columella tubercular, well<br />
<strong>de</strong>veloped. Septa not exsert, distant, and forming tlu'ee cycla ; those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fifth or<strong>de</strong>r<br />
rudimentary. Costa narrow, sub-vermiculate towards <strong>the</strong> bases, simple, and formed <strong>of</strong> a<br />
series <strong>of</strong> granulse near <strong>the</strong> calice.<br />
Typ. sp., Canopsammia coccinea, Milne Edw. and J. Haime, loc. cit., p. 107 ; Tubastrea coccinea, Lesson,<br />
op. cit., Zooph., tab. i; Astrea calieularis, Blainville, Manuel d'Actinol., tab. liv, fig. 2.<br />
11. Genus Stereopsammia.<br />
Corallum presenting most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> characters <strong>of</strong> Csenopsammia, but not having any<br />
Columella.<br />
Typ. sp., Stereopsammia humilis, nob., tab. v, fig. 4.