TY - JOUR N2 - Starostinella nordica gen. et sp. n. is described from the uppermost Permian (Kapp Starostin Formation) of the Kapp Starostin (Isfjorden) in West Spitsbergen. The new genus is attributed to Trachypsammiidae Gerth - a family incertae sedis among Cnidaria. Members of the Trachypsammiidae have been previously associated with different higher rank taxa within the Cnidaria, or their skeletons were interpreted as a result of symbiosis of a cladochonoidal organism (Tabulata) with an indeterminate hydroid or stromatoporoid. S. nordica gen. et sp. n. seems to support the latter assumption. Hydrocoralla of S. nordica have a simpler structure than those of other Trachypsammiidae and are branching like those of Cladochonus. Their thick-walled, horn-shaped hydrocorallites are surrounded with a very thick cortical zone of sclerenchyme organized into trabecular microstructure. The proper corallite wall is fibro-radial in structure, sharply distinct from the outer cortical zone. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110899/PDF-MASTER/1997-3-4_159-169.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/110899 PY - 1997 IS - No 3-4 EP - 169 KW - Arctic KW - Permian KW - Cnidaria (Trachypsammiidae) A1 - NowiƄski, Aleksander PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research VL - vol. 18 DA - 1997 T1 - A new trachypsammiid cnidarian from the Late Permian of Spitsbergen SP - 159 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110899 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -