Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 |
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Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 View in CoL
Diagnosis.
Corallum free and usually encapsulating a gastropod or scaphopod shell inhabited by a sipunculan worm. Costae at lateral theca distinct and either equal or unequal in thickness. At base costae transform into granulations. Lower part of corallum shows a relatively large worm opening (occasionally two) and several small pores.
Type species.
Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848, by subsequent designation (Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1850b).
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