Deltocyathus 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

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1066.69697
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scientific name	Deltocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
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Diagnosis.

Solitary, discoidal to patellate, usually free. Septotheca costate. Septa arranged in 4-5 cycles, only S1 being independent. Pali before all but last cycle. Axial margins of higher cycle pali join to faces of adjacent septa (deltas). Columella papillose.

Type species.

Turbinolia italica Michelotti, 1838, by monotypy. 181