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Taxon
Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus (Kirchenpauer, 1884)
Nomenclature
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Family: SertulariidaeGenus: Symplectoscyphus
Species:
Symplectoscyphus subdichotomus (Kirchenpauer, 1884)
Usage:
valid
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Synonyms: 1
SUMMARY
Stems straggling, to 4 cm long, alternately, but irregularly branched. Nodes present on stem and branches, stem internodes indistinct, 1-3 annular constrictions at junction of branch with stem; several branches terminating in tangled anastomoses. Hydrothecae somewhat conical, with a slight concavity in middle of abcauline wall; a fine diagonal line running from the base of the adcauline wall to a small internal peg in the flexure of the abcauline wall.