Scleractinia name details
Isastraea elegans Reuss, 1874 †
1347914 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1347914)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Reuss, A. E. (1874). Palaeontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen. III. Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichtengruppe von S. Giovanni Ilarione und von Ronca. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 33: 1-60, pls 37-56. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Isastraea elegans Reuss, 1874 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1347914 on 2026-05-07
original description
Reuss, A. E. (1874). Palaeontologische Studien über die älteren Tertiärschichten der Alpen. III. Die fossilen Anthozoen der Schichtengruppe von S. Giovanni Ilarione und von Ronca. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 33: 1-60, pls 37-56. [details]
basis of record Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15815 [details]
additional source Osasco E. (1902). Contribuzione allo studio dei coralli cenozoici del Veneto. <em>Palaeontographia Italica, Pisa.</em> 8: 99-120, pls. 8-9. [details]
basis of record Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the Canal Zone, Panama, and geologically related areas in Central America and the West Indies. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.15815 [details]
additional source Osasco E. (1902). Contribuzione allo studio dei coralli cenozoici del Veneto. <em>Palaeontographia Italica, Pisa.</em> 8: 99-120, pls. 8-9. [details]