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Stelechophyllum megalum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae

Taxonomy
Stelechophyllum megalum was named by Tolmachev (1924).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Stelechophyllum megalum Tolmachev p. 319 figs. pl. 19, figs. 11, 12
1983Stelechophyllum megalum Sando p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyLithostrotionidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusStelechophyllumTolmachev 1933
speciesmegalumTolmachev 1924

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Stelechophyllum megalum Tolmachev 1924
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. J. Sando 1983Stelechophyllum with corallite diameter 7 to 14 mm and 13 to l9 major septa that most commonly extend from the columella across the tabularium and in-to the dissepimentarium. Minor septa generally well developed. Columella variable in form and thickness, commonly thick and lenticular, in some corallites re-placed by ends of one or more ·major septa, absent from many corallites. Dissepimentarium consists of 1 to 3 poorly defined rows of large and small inflated dis-sepiments. Axial tabulae tent-shaped, spaced about 5 in 1 mm. Peripheral tabellae well developed. Ratio of tabula.rium width to corallite diameter about 0.4. In-crease is peripheral.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available