Felixaraeoidea Beauvais, 1982
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Felixaraeoidea Beauvais, 1982 |
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Superfamily Felixaraeoidea Beauvais, 1982
Description.
Solitary and colonial (astreoid, meandroid, phaceloid) corals. Septa compact or perforated. Younger septal cycles have more perforations than older septal cycles. Septa very thick, those of the first cycles being the thickest. Septal symmetry regular or subregular radial. Septal upper margins with granulae, lateral faces with thorns. Lonsdaleoid septa and main septum absent. Microstructure of large trabeculae. Synapticulae common. Pali absent, columella parietal. Endotheca mostly absent. Marginarium and wall absent. Coenosteum in some genera. Budding extracalicinal.
Family Felixaraeidae Beauvais, 1982
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