dcsimg

Description

provided by NMNH Antarctic Invertebrates

"Genus Solenosmilia Duncan, 1873

Diagnosis. Colonial, dendroid, or subplaceloid colonies formed by intratentacular budding. Stereome granular, costae sometimes corresponding to first cycle. Tabular endothecal dissepiments. Columella small.

Type-species: Solenosmilia variabilis Duncan, 1873, by monotypy." Cairns 1982, p. 31.