Scleractinia name details

Polyphyllastrea d'Orbigny, 1850 †

Lectotype of Polyphyllastrea plana type species of the genus
Lectotype of Polyphyllastrea plana type species of the genus

1348219 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1348219)

  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. Polyphyllastrea † (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior objective synonym (homonym)
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  1. Species Polyphyllastrea convexa d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Polyphylloseris convexa (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  2. Species Polyphyllastrea icaunensis d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Polyphylloseris icaunensis (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  3. Species Polyphyllastrea plana d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Microsolena plana (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  4. Species Polyphyllastrea simondsi Wells, 1932 † accepted as Microsolena simondsi (Wells, 1932) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
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] 
Description Colonial massive corallum. Intracalicular increase producing a isotropic thamnasterioid structure. Radial elements are...  
Description Colonial massive corallum. Intracalicular increase producing a isotropic thamnasterioid structure. Radial elements are pennular and regularly fenestrate typically microsolenid biseptal sheets. Pennulae alternate very regularly. Pennular rims turned upward. Septa anastomosing in the center. Synapticulae numerous. Small fossa in the axial zone. In depth, the fossa is occupied by trabecules of inner edges of septa [details]

Status Junior synonym see Microsolena  
Status Junior synonym see Microsolena [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Polyphyllastrea d'Orbigny, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1348219 on 2026-06-26
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original description 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] 

basis of record Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details] 

source of synonymy 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] 
From editor or global species database
Description Colonial massive corallum. Intracalicular increase producing a isotropic thamnasterioid structure. Radial elements are pennular and regularly fenestrate typically microsolenid biseptal sheets. Pennulae alternate very regularly. Pennular rims turned upward. Septa anastomosing in the center. Synapticulae numerous. Small fossa in the axial zone. In depth, the fossa is occupied by trabecules of inner edges of septa [details]

Status Junior synonym see Microsolena [details]

Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]
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