Letepsammia Yabe & Eguchi, 1932c
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Letepsammia Yabe & Eguchi, 1932c |
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Letepsammia Yabe & Eguchi, 1932c
Diagnosis.
Corallum solitary, discoidal, and free. Synapticulothecate. Marginal shelf usually present. Costae thin and ridged. Intercostal spaces broader than costae and penetrated by large pores. Septa also highly porous, with complex dentition. Septa alternate in position with costae. Septa arranged in typical micrabaciid pattern, having multiple S3 bifurcations. Number of septa a function of calicular diameter, but 120 is the common adult number. Columella spongy.
Type species.
Stephanophyllia formosissima Moseley, 1876, by original designation.
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