Scleractinia taxon details
Tarbellastraea Alloiteau, 1952 †
1371141 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1371141)
accepted
Genus
Astrea ellisiana Defrance, 1826 † accepted as Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance, 1826) † (type by original designation)
Phyllocoeniella Felix, 1926 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Tarbellastraea bragai Stemann & Budd, 1996 †
- Species Tarbellastraea carryana (d'Orbigny, 1852) †
- Species Tarbellastraea chevalieri Bosellini, 1996 †
- Species Tarbellastraea conoidea (Reuss, 1872) †
- Species Tarbellastraea distans Chevalier, 1961 †
- Species Tarbellastraea eggenburgensis (Kühn, 1925) †
- Species Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance, 1826) †
- Species Tarbellastraea globosa (Weissermel, 1926) †
- Species Tarbellastraea mimbastensis Chevailier, 1961 †
- Species Tarbellastraea ovalis (Gümbel, 1861) †
- Species Tarbellastraea prevostiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) †
- Species Tarbellastraea raulini (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) †
- Species Tarbellastraea reussiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) †
- Species Tarbellastraea russoi Bosellini, 1996 †
- Species Tarbellastraea salentinensis Bosellini, 1996 †
- Species Tarbellastraea siciliae Chevalier, 1961 †
- Species Tarbellastraea aquitaniensis Chevalier, 1961 † accepted as Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance, 1826) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Tarbellastraea carryensis (d'Orbigny, 1852) † accepted as Tarbellastraea carryana (d'Orbigny, 1852) † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Tarbellastraea ellisi (Defrance, 1826) † accepted as Tarbellastraea ellisiana (Defrance, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, misspelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Volume 1. Paris: Masson.</em> 539–782, pls. 1-10. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Tarbellastraea Alloiteau, 1952 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1371141 on 2026-09-03
Date
action
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original description
Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Volume 1. Paris: Masson.</em> 539–782, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Phyllocoeniella Felix, 1926 †) Felix J. (1925). Über die Gattung Phyllocoenia. <em>Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. Abteilung B: Geologie und Paläontologie.</em> 2: 363-368. [details]
basis of record Oosterbaan, A.F.F. (1988). Early Miocene corals from the Aquitaine Basin (SW France). <em>Mededelingen Werkgroep Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie.</em> 25 (4): 247-284. [details] Available for editors
original description (of Phyllocoeniella Felix, 1926 †) Felix J. (1925). Über die Gattung Phyllocoenia. <em>Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. Abteilung B: Geologie und Paläontologie.</em> 2: 363-368. [details]
basis of record Oosterbaan, A.F.F. (1988). Early Miocene corals from the Aquitaine Basin (SW France). <em>Mededelingen Werkgroep Tertiaire en Kwartaire Geologie.</em> 25 (4): 247-284. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Tarbellastraea is morphologically most similar to Antiguastrea; both genera are plocoid with extracalicular budding, and have thin costae, a tabulo-vesicular coenosteum, and a lamellar columella. Tarbellastraea differs from Antiguastrea by having more coenosteum, smaller corallites, fewer septal cycles, and prominent primary septa. Tarbellastraea is also similar to the Montastraea annularis complex in colony form, but differs by having a lamellar columella, thin costae, and partially vesicular coenosteum. It is assigned to the Family Merulinidae based on its similarity to the Montastraea annularis complex. [details]Diagnosis Plocoid colonies; extracalicular budding; cylindrical corallites, < 3.5 mm in diameter; septo- to parathecal; 3-4 septal cycles, with the first cyle being prominent; weak or absent paliform lobes; sublamellar to lamellar columella; thin costae; tabulo-vesicular coenosteum. [details]
Remark The micromorphology and microstructure of Tarbellastraea have not been studied in detail. For additional description, see Budd, Bosellini, and Stemann (1996) [details]
