NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Astrocoenia

Astrocoenia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Morphologic Description: cerioid to subplocoid; 3 septal cycles; bilateral symmetry.

Morphologic Diagnosis: Colony Form: cerioid, Colony Shape: massive, Budding: extramural, Columella: styliform, Corallite Size: small ( < 1.5 mm) or medium (1.5 - 10mm), Wall Structure: septothecal, Lobes: none.

Species (1 total):

• A. incrustans (Duncan, 1863); CC species #1 (extinct).

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Last updated on October 24, 1996-afb.

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