Scleractinia name details

Lithodendron gibbosum Goldfuss, 1829 †

1417261 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1417261)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Faviidae (Family)
  9. Mussinae (Subfamily)
  10. Lithodendron (Genus)
  11. Lithodendron gibbosum † (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Synhelia gibbosa (Goldfuss, 1829) †
Species
Synhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 †
Lithodendron Schweigger, 1819 accepted as Mussa Oken, 1815
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details] 
Holotype  IPB Goldfuss coll., no. 286, verbatimGeounit...  
Holotype IPB Goldfuss coll., no. 286, verbatimGeounit Cenomanian of German... [details]
, Note Cenomanian of Germany (Bochum, North...  
Type locality Cenomanian of Germany (Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Lithodendron gibbosum Goldfuss, 1829 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417261 on 2026-09-04
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original description Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details] 

basis of record Haime, J.; Milne Edwards, H. In: Milne Edwards, H. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 

additional source Roemer, F. A. (1841). Die Versteinerungen des Norddeutschen Kreidegebirges. Mit sechszehn lithographirten Tafeln. <em>Hahn'sche Hofbuchhandlung, Hannover.</em> [1840] iv + 49-145, pls. 8-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/44865
page(s): 113 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype IPB Goldfuss coll., no. 286, verbatimGeounit Cenomanian of German... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cenomanian of Germany (Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia). [details]

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