Scleractinia taxon details
Cuneiphyllia Eliášová, 1978 †
1439854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439854)
accepted
Genus
Pleurophyllia gracilis Geyer, 1955 † accepted as Cuneiphyllia gracilis (Geyer, 1955) † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Eliášová H. (1978). La redéfinition de l'ordre Hexanthiniaria Montanaro Gallitelli 1975 (Zoantharia). <em>Vestnik Ustredniho ustavu geologickeho.</em> 53: 89-101, pls. 1-4. [details]
Description Phaceloid corallum with cylindrical corallites. Thick pachythecal wall, no costae. Radial elements compact, free,...
Status The genus was considered junior synonym of Pleurophyllia by Stolarski and Russo 2001. It is kept distinct here.
Description Phaceloid corallum with cylindrical corallites. Thick pachythecal wall, no costae. Radial elements compact, free, diversified into cardinal septum and remaining cuneiform, equal and short septa. Hexameral symmetry and bilateral symmetry marked by cardinal septum with rhombic adaxial enlargement. Endotheca made of tabulae, no columella, no synapticulae. Type of multiplication not observed. [details]
Status The genus was considered junior synonym of Pleurophyllia by Stolarski and Russo 2001. It is kept distinct here.
Status The genus was considered junior synonym of Pleurophyllia by Stolarski and Russo 2001. It is kept distinct here. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Cuneiphyllia Eliášová, 1978 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439854 on 2024-05-06
Date
action
by
original description
Eliášová H. (1978). La redéfinition de l'ordre Hexanthiniaria Montanaro Gallitelli 1975 (Zoantharia). <em>Vestnik Ustredniho ustavu geologickeho.</em> 53: 89-101, pls. 1-4. [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
Comparison Pleurophyllia is more bilateral, has lonsdaleoid septa, a thinner wall a different inner edge of the major septum. [details]Description Phaceloid corallum with cylindrical corallites. Thick pachythecal wall, no costae. Radial elements compact, free, diversified into cardinal septum and remaining cuneiform, equal and short septa. Hexameral symmetry and bilateral symmetry marked by cardinal septum with rhombic adaxial enlargement. Endotheca made of tabulae, no columella, no synapticulae. Type of multiplication not observed. [details]
Status The genus was considered junior synonym of Pleurophyllia by Stolarski and Russo 2001. It is kept distinct here. [details]
