WoRMS taxon details
Connectastrea Koby, 1904 †
1348179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1348179)
accepted
Genus
Connectastrea gregoryi Koby, 1904 † (type by subsequent designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Koby F. (1904-1905). Polypiers du Jurassique supérieur. Description de la faune jurassique du Portugal. <em>Commission du Service géologique du Portugal, Lisbonne, 1-145, pls. 1-30.</em> [details]
Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal shallow corallites. Thick folded epitheca. Increase by intracalicinal septal...
Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal shallow corallites. Thick folded epitheca. Increase by intracalicinal septal budding with frequent rejuvenescence (supracalicinal gemmation of Koby). Radial elements are compact, free or anastomosed in the center. Distal edge with regular teeth. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry not deciphered. Endotheca made of concave tabuloid dissepiments , weak parietal columella. Synapticulae absent. Septothecal wall. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Connectastrea Koby, 1904 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348179 on 2024-05-05
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original description
Koby F. (1904-1905). Polypiers du Jurassique supérieur. Description de la faune jurassique du Portugal. <em>Commission du Service géologique du Portugal, Lisbonne, 1-145, pls. 1-30.</em> [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Comparison Connectastrea was confused with Amphiastrea (Vaughan and Wells 1943) probably because the rejunenescence process provides structures looking like a marginarium but the thecal septal and columellar structures are completely different. In Amphiastrea each corallite has its own epitheca, septa are not dentate and there is a columellar septum. [details]Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal shallow corallites. Thick folded epitheca. Increase by intracalicinal septal budding with frequent rejuvenescence (supracalicinal gemmation of Koby). Radial elements are compact, free or anastomosed in the center. Distal edge with regular teeth. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry not deciphered. Endotheca made of concave tabuloid dissepiments , weak parietal columella. Synapticulae absent. Septothecal wall. [details]
Remark Four Jurassic and one Cretaceous nominal species (Löser 2000). [details]
