Stylinoidea d’Orbigny, 1851

Löser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Roßsteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) – a revised and extended version, Zitteliana 97, pp. 89-147 : 89-147

Superfamily Stylinoidea d’Orbigny, 1851

Description.

Solitary and colonial corals. Septa compact. Septal symmetry mainly regular, radial, or bilateral. First septal cycle (or cycles) generally thicker than later cycles. Septal lateral faces ornamented. Septal inner margins with auriculae. Lonsdaleoid septa present in two families. No main septa. Microstructure of small trabeculae. Synapticulae and pali absent. Columella present in two families. Endotheca well-developed. Marginarium absent. Wall compact, septothecal. Coenosteum present in some genera. Budding varies depending on the colony type.