Chelidonisis
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Malacalcyonacea
- family
- Isididae
- genus
- Chelidonisis
general
Transcribed from Deichmann 1936 Dichotomously branched, with branches in one plane. The finely and longitudinally striated internodes give rise near the ends to two branches which start with short nodes. The zooids are somewhat scattered and are distributed over the entire stem, but chiefly in the plane of the branching. They are able to contract into the hemispherical verrucae. The spicules are small, mostly short double rods or star-shaped bodies, resembling the spicules found in Isis. The coenenchyma is thin, more thickened around the base of the zooids.
Name
- Homonyms
- Chelidonisis Studer, 1890
- Chelidonisis