Scleractinia taxon details
Lepidophyllia Duncan, 1868 †
1438335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438335)
accepted
Genus
Lepidophyllia stricklandi Duncan, 1868 † (type by monotypy)
- Subgenus Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) Tomes, 1888
- Subgenus Lepidophyllia (Lepidophyllia) Duncan, 1868 †
- Species Lepidophyllia hebridens Duncan, 1868 †
- Species Lepidophyllia stricklandi Duncan, 1868 †
- Species Lepidophyllia hebridensis Duncan, 1868 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Duncan PM. (1868). A monograph of the British fossil corals Second Series. Part 4, no. 2. Corals from the Zone of Ammonites Angulatus (continued)(and other zones of the Lias). <em>Palaeontographical Society of London.</em> 21: 45-73. [details]
Description Massive lamellar corallum with colonial structure difficult to define. It seems that it is a cerioid structure in which the...
Description Massive lamellar corallum with colonial structure difficult to define. It seems that it is a cerioid structure in which the rejuvenescence play a more or less significant role according to the subgenera. Seen from above, corallites have often a concave side in low relief and a convex and abrupt side. The convex side is oriented toward the same edge of the colony for neighbouring corallites. No holotheca. Increase takes place at the edge of the colony probably by intracalicinal budding. Radial elements are compact septa s. s.. Septa free or joined in the center, of a rather constant thickness from outer side to the inner edge. Straight, curved or tortuous. Lonsdaleoid septa common. Distal edge with large regular oval teeth, lateral faces with subvertical ridges corresponding to the teeth of the distal edge. No pali. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry cannot be deciphered, bilateral symmetry present due to the polarity of growth and curvature of septa in the convex side of corallites. Endotheca present but difficult to characterise, weak parietal columella. Synapticulae absent. The wall seems to be a paratheca. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Lepidophyllia Duncan, 1868 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438335 on 2024-09-06
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Duncan PM. (1868). A monograph of the British fossil corals Second Series. Part 4, no. 2. Corals from the Zone of Ammonites Angulatus (continued)(and other zones of the Lias). <em>Palaeontographical Society of London.</em> 21: 45-73. [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Melnikova GK, Roniewicz E. (2017). Early Jurassic corals with dominating solitary growth forms from the Kasamurg Mountains, Central Asia. <em>Palaeoworld.</em> 26 (1): 124-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2016.01.001 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Melnikova GK, Roniewicz E. (2017). Early Jurassic corals with dominating solitary growth forms from the Kasamurg Mountains, Central Asia. <em>Palaeoworld.</em> 26 (1): 124-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2016.01.001 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Massive lamellar corallum with colonial structure difficult to define. It seems that it is a cerioid structure in which the rejuvenescence play a more or less significant role according to the subgenera. Seen from above, corallites have often a concave side in low relief and a convex and abrupt side. The convex side is oriented toward the same edge of the colony for neighbouring corallites. No holotheca. Increase takes place at the edge of the colony probably by intracalicinal budding. Radial elements are compact septa s. s.. Septa free or joined in the center, of a rather constant thickness from outer side to the inner edge. Straight, curved or tortuous. Lonsdaleoid septa common. Distal edge with large regular oval teeth, lateral faces with subvertical ridges corresponding to the teeth of the distal edge. No pali. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry cannot be deciphered, bilateral symmetry present due to the polarity of growth and curvature of septa in the convex side of corallites. Endotheca present but difficult to characterise, weak parietal columella. Synapticulae absent. The wall seems to be a paratheca. [details]Remark 17 nominal species were assigned (rightly or wrongly) to this genus. In a recent paper Gretz et al (2013) include two subgenera within the genus Lepidophyllia: Lepidophyllia and Heterastraea. [details]
