Faviina
Stephen D. Cairns- Favioidea
- Stylopyllioidea
) is exclusively fossil.
Introduction
The faviines have septa formed of one or more fan systems of simple or compound trabeculae, ranging from isolated spines to imperforate lamellae; synapticulae are absent. Septal margins are regularly dentate and coralla may be solitary or colonial. Dissepiments are well developed.
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References
Wells, J. W. 1956. Scleractinia. Pp. F328-F444 In: Moore, R. C. (editor) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part F: Coelenterata. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
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Creation of this page was supported by US National Science Foundation grants DEB95-21819 and DEB 99-78106 (in the program PEET - Partnerships to Enhance Expertise in Taxonomy) to Daphne G. Fautin, grant DEB99-78086 (in the program PEET) to Stephen D. Cairns, and grant OCE 00-03970 (in NOPP, the National Oceanographic Partnership Program) to D.G.F. and Robert W. Buddemeier.Technical assistance was rendered by Adorian Ardelean.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., USA
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