12 (//) Columella present; septa not exsert; coenosteum finely 

 porous, especially near calices; usually only 24 septa per 

 calice(Fig. 14) Eiwllopsuiiuiiui profunda 



Figure 14. — EnaUopsammia profunda: a branch from 

 part of a larger colony. Scale: 5 cm. 



12 (//) Columella absent; septa exsert; coenosteum not porous; 



usually more than 24 (up to 60) septa per calice 13 



13 (12) Calices in the process of intratentacular division 

 common (various stages of splitting usually pre- 

 sent); first three cycles of septa hexamerally- 

 arranged, septa of fourth and fifth cycles added 

 irregularly; nonsplitting calices rarely exceed 5 mm 

 in calicular diameter; coenosteal costae often 



extend up to 10 mm from calicular edge 



(Fig. 15) Solenosmilia variabilis 



Figure i5.— Solenosmilia variabilis: a dislal 

 branch of a larger colony. Scale: 3 cm. 



