Fungiacyathidae Chevalier, 1987

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 99

Family Fungiacyathidae Chevalier, 1987

Diagnosis. Corallum simple, cupolate, free. Septotheca horizontal to concave and usually quite fragile. Septa and costae in direct correspondence with one another, 48 or 96 of each. Costae usually thin and serrate but may be rounded and granular. Septa imperforate, composed of a single fan system of widely spaced compound trabeculae that often terminate in tall septal spines. Septal faces usually carinate. Adjacent septa united by T- or Y- shaped synapticular plates that originate from the thecal base. Pali sometimes present. Columella spongy to irregular trabecular. Dissepiments absent. Polyp completely invests corallum. Exclusively ahermatypic (see Chevalier & Beauvais 1987).

Remarks. The diagnosis represents the emended version of this family given by Cairns (1989, p. 5), who provided detailed discussions regarding the Family Fungiacyathidae .