NMITA: Neogene Marine Biota of Tropical America

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Trachyphyllia

Trachyphyllia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848

Morphologic Description: flabello-meandroid, polycentric.

Morphologic Diagnosis: Colony Form: flabelloid or meandroid, Colony Shape: massive, Budding: intramural, Columella: trabecular and continuous, Corallite Size: huge (> 20mm), Wall Structure: septothecal, Lobes: septal.

Species (2 total):

• T. bilobata (Duncan, 1863); CC species #135 (extinct).
• T. sp. A; CC species #136 (extinct).

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Last updated on October 24, 1996-afb.

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