Scleractinia taxon details
Cyathophyllia de Fromentel, 1865 †
1512227 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1512227)
accepted
Genus
Cyathophyllia liasica Fromentel & Ferry, 1865 † accepted as Epismiliopsis liasicus (de Fromentel & de Ferry, 1865) † (type by monotypy)
- Species Cyathophyllia oolotica Tomes, 1878 †
- Species Cyathophyllia annulata Reuss, 1868 † accepted as Stephanosmilia annulata (Reuss, 1868) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyathophyllia liasica Fromentel & Ferry, 1865 † accepted as Epismiliopsis liasicus (de Fromentel & de Ferry, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Description Solitary turbinate, flared corallum with a thick folded epitheca. Calice subcircular , wide and deep with a thin edge....
Description Solitary turbinate, flared corallum with a thick folded epitheca. Calice subcircular , wide and deep with a thin edge. Strong thick radial elements. Septal teeth strong big sailant and spaced (sometimes up to 1 mm). Papillose columella. (description inspired of Fromentel and Ferry 1865) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Cyathophyllia de Fromentel, 1865 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1512227 on 2024-09-08
Not documented
From editor or global species database
Description Solitary turbinate, flared corallum with a thick folded epitheca. Calice subcircular , wide and deep with a thin edge. Strong thick radial elements. Septal teeth strong big sailant and spaced (sometimes up to 1 mm). Papillose columella. (description inspired of Fromentel and Ferry 1865) [details]Diagnosis Initially defined as a Montlivaltia with a papillose wide well developed columella [details]
Remark The type-specimen is lost and consequently the idea we have of Cyathophyllia is uncertain. The original diagnosis that defines Cyathophyllia as Montlivaltia with a columella seems contradictory with the description in two points: cutting edge of the corallite, morphology of septa. This diagnosis dates from an epoch in which many false Montlivaltia were described in the Liassic. The type-species was never used after its first citation. Subsequent authors used Cyathophyllia for 3 other nominal jurassic species among which two were used in a very confusing way. Beauvais (1982) attributed her C.canadiensis simultaneously to Cyathophyllia and Cyathophylliopsis, Alloiteau (1959) assigned Leptophyllia strangulata to Cyathophyllia with the mention that it is probably a new genus. The last Jurassic species is C. oolithica Tomes (1878a) in which radial elements are said to be porous. A Cretaceous nominal species is known. In conclusion, the genus cannot be used in the present situation. [details]
