Scleractinia taxon details
Plesiothamnasteria Alloiteau, 1957 †
1581158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581158)
accepted
Genus
Plesiothamnasteria vireti Alloiteau, 1957 † (type by original designation)
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]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Plesiothamnasteria Alloiteau, 1957 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581158 on 2024-09-08
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Colonial, massive, plocoid to subcerioid and submeandroid. Budding intracalicinal. Calices distinct or arranged in short series, separated by tectiform collines. Costosepta generally compact, confluent or nonconfluent. Septal flanks have fine dentations, rounded granules, and small ?pennulae. Costae generally weakly developed or absent. Columella spongy-papillose or made of irregular segments. Synapticulae numerous. Wall parasynapticulothecal, incomplete. Endothecal dissepiments abundant. [details]