WoRMS taxon details
Columnaphyllia Geyer, 1955 †
1581271 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581271)
accepted
Genus
Columnaphyllia tithonica Geyer, 1955 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Geyer O.F. (1955). Korallenfauna aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal. <em>Senckenbergiana Lethaea.</em> 35 (5/6): 317-356. [details]
Description Phaceloid corallum with cylindrical to compressed branches. Epitheca slightly transversally folded. costae. Radial elements...
Description Phaceloid corallum with cylindrical to compressed branches. Epitheca slightly transversally folded. costae. Radial elements are compact costosepta of different thicknesses, bicuneiform, curved and proximally anastomosed to the columella. No palis. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry not deciphered. Clear bilateral symmetry marked by elongation of the corallite, curvature of septa and the lamellar columella. Endotheca and wall like Axosmilia. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Columnaphyllia Geyer, 1955 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581271 on 2024-07-16
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original description
Geyer O.F. (1955). Korallenfauna aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal. <em>Senckenbergiana Lethaea.</em> 35 (5/6): 317-356. [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 Placophyllia and Pleurophyllia have smaller calices, less septa and the septal cycles can be clearly deciphered. [details]Description Phaceloid corallum with cylindrical to compressed branches. Epitheca slightly transversally folded. costae. Radial elements are compact costosepta of different thicknesses, bicuneiform, curved and proximally anastomosed to the columella. No palis. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry not deciphered. Clear bilateral symmetry marked by elongation of the corallite, curvature of septa and the lamellar columella. Endotheca and wall like Axosmilia. [details]
Remark One nominal species [details]
