Scleractinia taxon details
Tropiastraea Cuif, 1967 †
1438179 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438179)
accepted
Genus
Tropiastraea carinata Cuif, 1967 † (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Description Description of morphology and microstructure by Cuif 1967:905, based on specimens from the Volz collection GBA...
Description Description of morphology and microstructure by Cuif 1967:905, based on specimens from the Volz collection GBA 4421-4423,4429, and Cuif collection (housed as above); illustrated in Cuif 1967,text-fig.2 and pl.33a,fig. 6-9. Further remarks in Cuif, 1975:97, pl.13,fig.1-6, text-fig.14. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Tropiastraea Cuif, 1967 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438179 on 2024-10-06
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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
From editor or global species database
Comparison From other cerioid genera with columella, the genus differs in having menianes. [details]Description Description of morphology and microstructure by Cuif 1967:905, based on specimens from the Volz collection GBA 4421-4423,4429, and Cuif collection (housed as above); illustrated in Cuif 1967,text-fig.2 and pl.33a,fig. 6-9. Further remarks in Cuif, 1975:97, pl.13,fig.1-6, text-fig.14. [details]
Diagnosis Cerioid. Calices shallow.Increase intracalicular without septal connections. Septa compact, covered with menianes. Meniane border thickened, directed upward. Columella styliform. Wall septothecal. Trabeculae subvertical, well delimited. [details]
Remark Only one species is known. [details]
