Species

Aulopora celsa Klaamann, 1966

Taxon description

Klaamann, 1966b

Big horn-shaped corallites with strongly elevated cuplike calices are fastened to stromatoporoid coenosteums. Length of corallites 7—9 mm, width in the distal part 4—5 mm, at the points of gemmation 2—3 mm. Each corallite has mostly yielded one new corallite. Walls thick. Tabulae absent. Septa are represented by 36 rows of small tubercles descending from edges of calices into the depth of corallites.

Synonymy list
1966     Aulopora celsa sp. nov. — Klaamann , pp. 67, fig. 21:2
Selection of related publications
Klaamann, E. R. 1966. The incommunicate tabulata of Estonia. ENSV TA Geoloogia Instituudi Uurimused 1-97. Eesti NSV TA Geoloogia Instituut.
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Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCnidaria
SubphylumAnthozoa
SubclassTabulata
OrderAuloporida
SuperfamilyAuloporicae
FamilyAuloporoidea
GenusAulopora
Speciesamica
assueta
celsa
enodis
necopina
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