蜂巢珊瑚
蜂巢珊瑚科的一属刺胞动物
蜂巢珊瑚（學名：Favosites）是一屬已滅絕的珊瑚，生存於奧陶紀至二疊紀的淺海中。[1]
蜂巢珊瑚屬 化石時期：
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科學分類 
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| 界： | 動物界 Animalia |
| 門： | 刺胞動物門 Cnidaria |
| 綱： | 珊瑚綱 Anthozoa |
| 目： | †蜂巢珊瑚目 Favositida |
| 科： | †蜂巢珊瑚科 Favositidae |
| 屬： | †蜂巢珊瑚屬 Favosites Lamarck, 1816 |
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| Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck, 1816
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特徵
（印第安納州南部的上奧陶統）
蜂巢珊瑚的群體呈扁平的半球狀。單體為多邊形至微圓形，大小不一，互相緊密連接使群體呈蜂窩狀，因而得名。萼是凹陷的，有不到12個短小且等長的隔膜。壁很薄，四個或更少的氣孔呈縱向排列，在壁上留下孔眼。橫板數目眾多，皆為扁平狀。[1]
下屬物種
本屬包括以下物種：[2]
- Favosites abnormis Poulsen, 1941
- Favosites adaverensis Sokolov, 1951
- Favosites afghanicus Karapetov et al., 1975
- Favosites antiquus Sokolov, 1951
- Favosites argus Hall, 1876
- Favosites asper d'Orbigny, 1850
- Favosites bowerbanki Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
- Favosites burkhanensis Sharkova, 1981
- Favosites desolatus Klaamann, 1961
- Favosites exilis Sokolov, 1952
- Favosites fallax Sokolov, 1951
- Favosites favosiformis Sokolov, 1951
- Favosites favosus Goldfuss, 1826
- 梭形蜂巢珊瑚 Favosites fusiforme Flügel, 1972
- Favosites goldfussi Lecompte, 1939
- Favosites gothlandicus Lamarck, 1816
- Favosites hisingeri Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
- Favosites ingens Klaamann, 1962
- Favosites intricatus Pocta, 1902
- Favosites issensis Yanet, 1971
- Favosites jaaniensis Sokolov, 1952
- Favosites kalevi Klaamann, 1962
- Favosites laosensis (Mansuy, 1914)
- Favosites lichenarioides Sokolov, 1952
- Favosites mirandus Sokolov, 1952
- Favosites multicarinatus Sokolov, 1952
- Favosites oculiporoides Sokolov, 1952
- Favosites permica Gerth, 1921
- Favosites praemaximus Sokolov, 1951
- Favosites privatus Sokolov, 1951
- Favosites relicta Gerth, 1921
- Favosites serratus Sokolov, 1952
- Favosites subfavosus Klaamann, 1962
- Favosites subforbesi Sokolov, 1952
參考文獻
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Walker, Cyril; Ward, David. Fossils. Smithsonian Handbooks revised, illustrated. Dorling Kindersley. 2002: 51. ISBN 0789489848.
- ^ Favosites （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） at Fossilworks.org
外部連結
- Favosites （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館） in the Paleobiology Database