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III.—On Columnopora, a new Genus of Tabulate Corals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

H. Alleyne Nicholson
Affiliation:
Professor of Natural History in University College, Toronto.

Extract

Gen. Char.—Corallum aggregate, massive, composed of hexagonal corallites, which have distinct walls, but are firmly united with one another. Septa well developed and close-set, but short and not nearly reaching the centre of the theca. A row of large and closely-approximated mural pores between each pair of septa. Tabulæ horizontal, not vesicular or infundibuliform, apparently incomplete. Epitheca unknown. No coenoenchyma.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1874

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