Scleractinia taxon details
Afghanastraea Melnikova, 1987 †
1440305 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440305)
accepted
Genus
Thamnasteriamorpha dronovi Melnikova, 1971 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Description Up to now, two species were described by Melnikova 1975 and 1987: A. dronovi and A. karapetovi, the second one differing...
Status Earlier described among corals assigned to Thamnasteriamorpha Melnikova, 1971
Description Up to now, two species were described by Melnikova 1975 and 1987: A. dronovi and A. karapetovi, the second one differing from the type species in smaller number of septa per calice and in protocorallite similar in diameter to other calices. [details]
Status Earlier described among corals assigned to Thamnasteriamorpha Melnikova, 1971
Status Earlier described among corals assigned to Thamnasteriamorpha Melnikova, 1971 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Afghanastraea Melnikova, 1987 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440305 on 2024-10-19
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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 Astraeomorpha Reuss, 1854, the genus differs in 2-4 times larger diameters of trabeculae, pennular septal ornamentation and thick columella. The genus differs from Thamnasteriamorpha Melnikova, 1971 (type species: Thamnastraea frechi Volz, 1896) in its originally pennular septal micromorphology. [details]Description Up to now, two species were described by Melnikova 1975 and 1987: A. dronovi and A. karapetovi, the second one differing from the type species in smaller number of septa per calice and in protocorallite similar in diameter to other calices. [details]
Diagnosis Colonial, thamnasterioid, budding mostly circumoral. Radial elements costoseptal. Mid-septal zone with more or less individualized centers of 100-200 μm in diameter. Trabeculae vertical at corallite periphery, while at inner edges inclined to corallite centers. Lateral septal micromorphology pennular with a tendency to form menianes; pennulae distributed symmetrically on septal sides. Columella styliform. Dissepiments vesicular, abundant. [details]
Status Earlier described among corals assigned to Thamnasteriamorpha Melnikova, 1971 [details]
