Scleractinia taxon details
Macgeopsis Alloiteau, 1957 †
1438336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438336)
accepted
Genus
Epismilia grandidieri de Fromentel in Fischer, 1873 † (type by original designation)
- Species Macgeopsis sonorensis L. Beauvais & Stump, 1976 †
- Species Macgeopsis grandidieri (de Fromentel, 1873) † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
Description Solitary corallum with a subcircular calice, proximally arched. Wrinkled epitheca, but discrete costae. Radial elements are...
Description Solitary corallum with a subcircular calice, proximally arched. Wrinkled epitheca, but discrete costae. Radial elements are compact, unequal, free (minor) and anastomosed (major) sinuous septa (or costosepta ?). Thickness constant to variable, bicuneiform to attenuated toward the inner edge. Distal edge smooth, steep near the wall, lateral faces with very small and numerous regularly distributed granules. Occasionally a detached tooth on the inner edge. No pali. Microstructure non trabecular with laminar layers. Hexameral symmetry present with disctinct categories of size order in septa. Bilateral symmetry marked by the elongation of the central fossa and the proximo-distal curvature of the corallum. Endotheca made of tabuloid dissepiments steeply inclined near the wall. Columella parietal. Synapticules absent. Paratheca peripheral, cutting, in continuity with non trabecular septa. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Macgeopsis Alloiteau, 1957 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438336 on 2024-09-06
Date
action
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original description
Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [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]
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Description Solitary corallum with a subcircular calice, proximally arched. Wrinkled epitheca, but discrete costae. Radial elements are compact, unequal, free (minor) and anastomosed (major) sinuous septa (or costosepta ?). Thickness constant to variable, bicuneiform to attenuated toward the inner edge. Distal edge smooth, steep near the wall, lateral faces with very small and numerous regularly distributed granules. Occasionally a detached tooth on the inner edge. No pali. Microstructure non trabecular with laminar layers. Hexameral symmetry present with disctinct categories of size order in septa. Bilateral symmetry marked by the elongation of the central fossa and the proximo-distal curvature of the corallum. Endotheca made of tabuloid dissepiments steeply inclined near the wall. Columella parietal. Synapticules absent. Paratheca peripheral, cutting, in continuity with non trabecular septa. [details]Remark Six nominal species known in Jurassic [details]