Deltocyathoides Yabe & Eguchi, 1932

Filander, Zoleka N., Kitahara, Marcelo V., Cairns, Stephen D., Sink, Kerry J. & Lombard, Amanda T., 2021, Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from South Africa, ZooKeys 1066, pp. 1-198 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697

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scientific name

Deltocyathoides Yabe & Eguchi, 1932
status

 

Deltocyathoides Yabe & Eguchi, 1932

Diagnosis.

Corallum bowl-shaped, with rounded base, and calice circular in cross section; transverse division absent. Costae ridged and serrate; intercostal regions deep, narrow, and not pitted. Higher cycle costae (C3-4) originate by bi- or trifurcation. Septa hexamerally arranged in four complete cycles. Sub-lamellar to styliform pali before all but last cycles of septa. Columella papillose.

Type species.

Deltocyathoides japonicus Yabe & Eguchi, 1932a (junior synonym of Deltocyathus orientalis Duncan, 1876, which is the type of Paradeltocyathus by original designation) ( Cairns 1997).