Genus Graptolithus

Polypi

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Genus Graptolithus, Linn. (1736)

Polyparium [indirisum?], elongatum,
sublinease, acuminatum, obtusiusculumusculum
stata fossili, compressissimum, serratum.

Polypi alternantes cum tubulo communi
centrali communicantes, in fossili statu
soepissine secati, rarius bifarii, oblongi,
acuminati.

When the stem is cut off, the distinct
bodies of the single polypes are
seen alternating, and showing different
forms when cut in different directions.