Stylinoidea d'Orbigny , 1851

Loeser, Hannes, Werner, Winfried & Darga, Robert, 2023, Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Rosssteinalmen (Northern Calcareous Alps, Bavaria, Southern Germany) - a revised and extended version, Zitteliana 97, pp. 89-147 : 89

Superfamily Stylinoidea d'Orbigny, 1851

Description.

Solitary and colonial corals. Septa compact. Septal symmetry mainly regular, radial, or bilateral. First septal cycle (or cycles) generally thicker than later cycles. Septal lateral faces ornamented. Septal inner margins with auriculae. Lonsdaleoid septa present in two families. No main septa. Microstructure of small trabeculae. Synapticulae and pali absent. Columella present in two families. Endotheca well-developed. Marginarium absent. Wall compact, septothecal. Coenosteum present in some genera. Budding varies depending on the colony type.