Misistelloidea Eliášová, 1976

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 Misistelloidea Eliášová, 1976

Description.

Solitary and colonial (phaceloid, plocoid) corals. Septa compact, with varying thickness, in a subregular radial symmetry. Septa not connected to each other ( Rayasmiliidae ) or connected only in the centre of the corallite ( Misistellidae ). Lateral faces with fine granulae or smooth, upper margin smooth. Lonsdaleoid and main septa absent. Microstructure of septa of small trabeculae. Synapticulae absent. Pali absent, columella present in most genera, lamellar or by septal fusion. Endotheca present. Marginarium absent. Wall absent, but an epitheca is often present (when preserved). Coenosteum varies. Budding intracalicinal.