Genus Endopachys Lonsdale, 1845

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• Endopachys Lonsdale, W. 1845. Account of twenty-six species of Polyparia obtained from the Eocene Tertiary formation of North America. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 1: 509–533 [515].

  Type species:

   Endopachys alatum Lonsdale, 1845 (Turbinolia maclurii Lea, 1833 cannot be designated as type species of Endopachys (artt. 67.2, 69.1 of ICZN). See Cairns (2001: 25) for a discussion.) by subsequent designation, see Wells, J.W. 1975. A new species of Endopachys (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the Miocene of Florida. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 11: 173–175 [173]; Cairns, S.D. 2001. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 615: 75 pp., 14 pls [25].

  Secondary source:

   Cairns, S.D. & Zibrowius, H. 1997. Cnidaria Anthozoa: azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 172: 27–243 [187] (change of author from Lonsdale to Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 without explanation); Cairns, S.D. 2001. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 615: 75 pp., 14 pls [24] (redescription, keeping Lonsdale as author).

General References

Cairns, S.D. 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 361–417

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