Multicolumnastraea Vaughan, 1899
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11755334 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5241713 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D24287AB-FF10-8EE3-7DFF-77846D61FBD2 |
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Felipe |
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Multicolumnastraea Vaughan, 1899 |
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Genus Multicolumnastraea Vaughan, 1899
Type species. Heliastraea cyathiformis Duncan, 1865 , Campanian of Jamaica (Trout Hall) (see Duncan & Wall 1865).
Diagnosis. Colonial, massive, columnar, lamellar, plocoid. Gemmation extracalicinal. Costosepta compact. Septal margins regularly dentate. Costae rarely extend over the coenosteum. Columella formed by 3 or 4 pillars. Pali in front of first and second septal cycles. Wall septothecal. Endotheca well-developed, consisting of fine and densely packed dissepiments. Perithecal wall vesicular. Auriculae present before septal cycles younger than S2.
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