Scleractinia taxon details

Microsolena Lamouroux, 1821 †

Camptodocis brancai Dietrich, 1926, lectotype
Camptodocis brancai Dietrich, 1926, lectotype

1289676  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1289676)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Scleractinia suborder incertae sedis (Suborder)
  8. Comoseridae † (Family)
  9. Microsolena † (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Camptodocis Dietrich, 1926 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Microsarea Koby, 1889 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polyphyllastrea d'Orbigny, 1850 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (homonym)
Turbinastrea de Blainville, 1830 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

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  1. Species Microsolena agariciformis Étallon, 1859 †
  2. Species Microsolena besairiei Alloiteau, 1958 †
  3. Species Microsolena brancai (Dietrich, 1926) †
  4. Species Microsolena bruntrutana Etallon, 1864 †
  5. Species Microsolena caesaris Etallon, 1864 †
  6. Species Microsolena catenata Étallon, 1859 †
  7. Species Microsolena champlittensis (de Fromentel, 1861) †
  8. Species Microsolena concinna (Goldfuss, 1833) †
  9. Species Microsolena conica Étallon, 1859 †
  10. Species Microsolena corralesi (Löser, Stemann & Mitchell, 2009) †
  11. Species Microsolena culcitaeformis Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
  12. Species Microsolena excavata Étallon, 1859 †
  13. Species Microsolena exigua Koby, 1887 †
  14. Species Microsolena expansa Étallon, 1859 †
  15. Species Microsolena foliosa Roniewicz, 1976 †
  16. Species Microsolena fromenteli Terquem & Piette, 1865 †
  17. Species Microsolena fromenteli Koby, 1887 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  18. Species Microsolena gibbosa Étallon, 1859 †
  19. Species Microsolena gresslyi Etallon, 1864 †
  20. Species Microsolena guttata Koby, 1898 †
  21. Species Microsolena haimei Koby, 1887 †
  22. Species Microsolena hassimguitaensis L. Beauvais & Nouiouat, 1993 †
  23. Species Microsolena hemispherica Negus & L. Beauvais, 1975 †
  24. Species Microsolena interjecta Alloiteau, 1958 †
  25. Species Microsolena irregularis d'Orbigny, 1850 †
  26. Species Microsolena japonica Eguchi, 1951 †
  27. Species Microsolena julii Etallon, 1864 †
  28. Species Microsolena mosensis L. Beauvais, 1964 †
  29. Species Microsolena ornata Koby, 1887 †
  30. Species Microsolena parva Morycowa & Masse, 2009 †
  31. Species Microsolena pavonia Étallon, 1859 †
  32. Species Microsolena piriformis L. Beauvais, 1972 †
  33. Species Microsolena pisiformis Koby, 1905 †
  34. Species Microsolena plana (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
  35. Species Microsolena plana Laube, 1865 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
  36. Species Microsolena porosa Lamouroux, 1821 †
  37. Species Microsolena pulvinata Étallon, 1859 †
  38. Species Microsolena racemosa (Michelin, 1843) †
  39. Species Microsolena ramosa (Münster, 1841) †
  40. Species Microsolena regularis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 †
  41. Species Microsolena roemeri Bölsche, 1866 †
  42. Species Microsolena rotula Koby, 1887 †
  43. Species Microsolena simondsi (Wells, 1932) †
  44. Species Microsolena sinuata Etallon, 1864 †
  45. Species Microsolena subexcavata Eguchi, 1951 †
  46. Species Microsolena subturbinata Gregory, 1900 †
  47. Species Microsolena tenuiradiata Étallon, 1859 †
  48. Species Microsolena texana Wells, 1932 †
  49. Species Microsolena thurmanni Koby, 1887 †
  50. Species Microsolena tuberosa (Michelin, 1843) †
  51. Species Microsolena variolata Gregory, 1900 †
  52. Species Microsolena yabei Eguchi, 1951 †
  53. Species Microsolena contorta Koby, 1905 † accepted as Ampakabastraea contorta (Koby, 1905) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  54. Species Microsolena dendroidea Ferry, 1861 † accepted as Dendraraea dendroidea (Ferry, 1861) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  55. Species Microsolena distefanoi (Prever, 1909) † accepted as Polyphylloseris distefanoi (Prever, 1909) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  56. Species Microsolena excelsa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 † accepted as Dendraraea excelsa (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  57. Species Microsolena granulata (Münster, 1833) † accepted as Actinaraea granulata (Münster, 1833) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  58. Species Microsolena incrustata (Michelin, 1843) † accepted as Thamnasteria incrustata (Michelin, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  59. Species Microsolena jaccardi Koby, 1885 † accepted as Thamnasteria jaccardi (Koby, 1888) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  60. Species Microsolena koechlini Haime, 1860 † accepted as Dimorpharaea koechlini (Haime, 1860) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  61. Species Microsolena verdati Koby, 1889 † accepted as Dimorpharaea verdati (Koby, 1889) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Lamouroux JVF. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers: avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. <em>Paris 1821.</em> pp. 1-115, pls. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50899961 [details] OpenAccess publication
Description Massive corallum. Thamnasterioid. Radial elements are fenestrate biseptal sheets often joining, attenuated at the inner...  
Description Massive corallum. Thamnasterioid. Radial elements are fenestrate biseptal sheets often joining, attenuated at the inner edge but with a rather constant thickness elsewhere, straight to sinuous, and rather equal. Distal edge moniliform with regular teeth corresponding to distinct trabeculae, inner edge with more or less detached trabecules, lateral faces with pennulae regularly alternating with pennulae of the opposite biseptal sheet. Pennulae with their edges turned upward and ornamented with very small teeth. Microstructure with distinct trabeculae of which the axis is rarely well marked. No palis. Radial symmetry of the septal apparatus present but generally corrupted by the dominant intracalicular increase, bilateral symmetry. marked by the curvature of septa and the distribution of junctions of inner edges of septa. Endotheca made of dissepiments often oblique in longitudinal section and putting weight on the rims of pennulae. The centre of corallite is generally occupied by a small fossa. Detached trabeculae may fuse in the center but do not form a true columella in relief. synapticulae,present in various parts of the corallite. Wall absent. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Microsolena Lamouroux, 1821 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289676 on 2026-05-28
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original description Lamouroux JVF. (1821). Exposition méthodique des genres de l'ordre des polypiers: avec leur description et celle des principales espèces, figurées dans 84 planches, les 63 premières appartenant à l'Histoire naturelle des zoophytes d'Ellis et Solander. <em>Paris 1821.</em> pp. 1-115, pls. 1-84., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50899961 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Polyphyllastrea d'Orbigny, 1850 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373 [details] 

original description (of Turbinastrea de Blainville, 1830 †) Blainville, H.M.D. de. (1830). Zoophytes. <em>In: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles etc.</em> vol. 60. Strasbourg & Paris, F.G. Levrault and Le Normant., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25318344 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Camptodocis Dietrich, 1926 †) Dietrich WO. (1926). Steinkorallen des Malms und der Unterkreide im südlichen Deutsch-Ostafrika. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> (Suppl.7) 1: 43-101. [details] 

original description (of Microsarea Koby, 1889 †) Koby F. (1880-1890). Monographie des polypiers jurassiques de la Suisse. <em>Mémoires de la Societé paléontologique Suisse.</em> 7–16: 1–582, pls. 1-130. [details] 

basis of record Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

additional source Yabe H, Sugiyama T. (1939). Discovery of a Mesozoic hexacoral in a "green schistose rock of the Kamuikotan System" of Hokkaido. <em>Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Japan.</em> 15: 86-89., available online at https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab1912.15.86 [details] 

additional source Étallon, M.A. (1859). Études paléontologiques sur la Haut-Jura: Rayonnés du Corallien. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du Département du Doubs, Troisième Série.</em> 3: 401-553. [details] 

additional source Milne Edwards, H., Haime, J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypiers appartenant aux groupes naturels des Zoanthaires perforés et des Zoanthaires tabulés. <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des sciences.</em> 29: 257-263. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Gregory JW. (1900). The Jurassic fauna of Cutch. The corals. <em>Palaeontologica Indica, Ser 9.</em> 2 (2): 1-195, pls. 2-27. [details] 
 
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Comparison Dimorpharaea is very similar and only different by the presence of a mother corallite surrounded by corallites in concentric rows issued of a circumoral budding. Kobya is not so regularly fenestrate. [details]

Description Massive corallum. Thamnasterioid. Radial elements are fenestrate biseptal sheets often joining, attenuated at the inner edge but with a rather constant thickness elsewhere, straight to sinuous, and rather equal. Distal edge moniliform with regular teeth corresponding to distinct trabeculae, inner edge with more or less detached trabecules, lateral faces with pennulae regularly alternating with pennulae of the opposite biseptal sheet. Pennulae with their edges turned upward and ornamented with very small teeth. Microstructure with distinct trabeculae of which the axis is rarely well marked. No palis. Radial symmetry of the septal apparatus present but generally corrupted by the dominant intracalicular increase, bilateral symmetry. marked by the curvature of septa and the distribution of junctions of inner edges of septa. Endotheca made of dissepiments often oblique in longitudinal section and putting weight on the rims of pennulae. The centre of corallite is generally occupied by a small fossa. Detached trabeculae may fuse in the center but do not form a true columella in relief. synapticulae,present in various parts of the corallite. Wall absent. [details]

Remark 78 nominal species in Jurassic and 24 in Cretaceous (Löser 2002) (with some shared species) [details]
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