Trochocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848

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

Trochocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
status

 

Trochocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848

Diagnosis.

Corallum solitary, turbinate to ceratoid, or bowl-shaped, fixed or free. Transverse division may be present. Septotheca costate, sometimes covered with a thin epitheca. Pali before all but last cycle of septa. Columella papillose.

Type species.

Turbinolia mitrata Goldfuss, 1827, by subsequent designation ( Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850b).