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Flabellidae
Flabellidae is a Family (biology), family of marine corals. It consists of the following genus, genera: * ''Blastotrochus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 * †''Conosmilia'' Duncan 1865XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. P. M. Duncan * ''Falcatoflabellum'' Cairns, 1995 * ''Flabellum (coral), Flabellum'' Lesson, 1831 * ''Javania'' Duncan, 1876 * ''Monomyces'' Ehrenberg, 1834 * ''Placotrochides'' Alcock, 1902 * ''Placotrochus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 * ''Polymyces'' Cairns, 1979 * ''Rhizotrochus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 * †''Tortoflabellum'' Squires, 1958 * ''Truncatoflabellum'' Cairns, 1989 References Flabellidae, Scleractinia Cnidarian families {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flabellidae
Flabellidae is a Family (biology), family of marine corals. It consists of the following genus, genera: * ''Blastotrochus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 * †''Conosmilia'' Duncan 1865XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Australian Tertiaries. P. M. Duncan * ''Falcatoflabellum'' Cairns, 1995 * ''Flabellum (coral), Flabellum'' Lesson, 1831 * ''Javania'' Duncan, 1876 * ''Monomyces'' Ehrenberg, 1834 * ''Placotrochides'' Alcock, 1902 * ''Placotrochus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 * ''Polymyces'' Cairns, 1979 * ''Rhizotrochus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 * †''Tortoflabellum'' Squires, 1958 * ''Truncatoflabellum'' Cairns, 1989 References Flabellidae, Scleractinia Cnidarian families {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flabellum (coral)
''Flabellum'' is a genus of marine corals belonging to the family Flabellidae. These are a diverse group of azooxanthellate corals with about 190 species, 47 of which are extant. They are exclusively solitary corals and many are deep water species. Description Corals in this genus are solitary, erect and flattened, with a short, thick peduncle and a long elliptical, slightly curved calyx. The costae are indistinct, simple and flat. The septa are in five complete cycles and are narrow, closely packed, slightly sinuous, and covered with projecting granules. Fossil record Fossils of ''Flabellum'' are found in marine strata from the Cretaceous until the Quaternary The Quaternary ( ) is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS). It follows the Neogene Period and spans from 2.58 million years ... (age range: from 66.043 to 0.012 million years ago.). Fossils are kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monomyces
''Monomyces'' is a genus of corals belonging to the family Flabellidae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the world in appropriate habitats. Such a taxon, usually a species, is said to exhibit cosmopolitanism or cosmopolitism. The ext ..., except Arctic and Subarctic regions. Species: *'' Monomyces eburneus'' *'' Monomyces pusillus'' *'' Monomyces pygmaea'' *'' Monomyces rubrum'' References Flabellidae Scleractinia genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polymyces
''Polymyces'' is a genus of corals belonging to the family Flabellidae Flabellidae is a Family (biology), family of marine corals. It consists of the following genus, genera: * ''Blastotrochus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 * †''Conosmilia'' Duncan 1865XXIII.—A description of some fossil corals from the South Au .... The species of this genus are found in Pacific Ocean and western Atlantic Ocean. Species: *'' Polymyces fragilis'' *'' Polymyces montereyensis'' *'' Polymyces wellsi'' References Flabellidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conosmilia
''Conosmilia'' is an extinct genus of corals in the family Flabellidae. ''C. elegans'' is from the Tertiary of South Australia (Geelong, Victoria, South Australia). See also * List of prehistoric hexacoral genera This list of prehistoric hexacorals (Scleractinia) is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the hexacorallia which are known from the fossil record. This list excludes purely vernacular terms ... References Prehistoric Hexacorallia genera Scleractinia genera Flabellidae Fossils of Australia Cenozoic invertebrates {{paleo-hexacorallia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scleractinia
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyp (zoology), polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mouth is fringed with tentacles. Although some species are solitary, most are Colony (biology), colonial. The founding polyp settles and starts to secrete calcium carbonate to protect its soft body. Solitary corals can be as much as across but in colonial species the polyps are usually only a few millimetres in diameter. These polyps reproduce asexually by budding, but remain attached to each other, forming a multi-polyp colony of cloning, clones with a common skeleton, which may be up to several metres in diameter or height according to species. The shape and appearance of each coral colony depends not only on the species, but also on its location, depth, the amount of water movement and other factors. Many shallow-water co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flabellum
A flabellum (plural flabella), in Christian liturgical use, is a fan made of metal, leather, silk, parchment or feathers, intended to keep away insects from the consecrated Body and Blood of Christ and from the priest, as well as to show honour. The ceremonial use of such fans dates back to Ancient Egypt, and an example was found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. A flabellum is also a fan-shaped structure on the fifth legs of horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura). History Flabella were in use in both pagan rituals and in the Christian Church from very early days. The ''Apostolic Constitutions'', a work of the fourth century, state (VIII, 12): "Let two of the deacons, on each side of the altar, hold a fan, made up of thin membranes, or of the feathers of the peacock, or of fine cloth, and let them silently drive away the small animals that fly about, that they may not come near to the cups". Flabella were originally used liturgically in the West as well as the East, but they fell into disu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
