Scleractinia taxon details
Recticostastraea Stanley & Whalen, 1989 †
1438069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438069)
accepted
Genus
Recticostastraea wallowaensis Stanley & Whalen, 1989 † (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Stanley GD Jr, Whalen MT. (1989). Triassic corals and spongiomorphs from Hells Canyon, Wallowa terrane, Oregon. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 63 (6): 800-819., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1305645 [details]
Description Description and illustrations of this interesting coral were given by Stanley and Whalen, 1989(see above), and Caruthers...
Status In Montanaro-Gallitelli, Russo and Ferrari, 1979: 149, the coral was described under the name of Andrazella Cuif, 1976
Description Description and illustrations of this interesting coral were given by Stanley and Whalen, 1989(see above), and Caruthers and Stanley, 2008:486,fig.5.19 and 5.25. [details]
Status In Montanaro-Gallitelli, Russo and Ferrari, 1979: 149, the coral was described under the name of Andrazella Cuif, 1976
Status In Montanaro-Gallitelli, Russo and Ferrari, 1979: 149, the coral was described under the name of Andrazella Cuif, 1976 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Recticostastraea Stanley & Whalen, 1989 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438069 on 2026-05-17
Date
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original description
Stanley GD Jr, Whalen MT. (1989). Triassic corals and spongiomorphs from Hells Canyon, Wallowa terrane, Oregon. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 63 (6): 800-819., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/1305645 [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Comparison The rectilinear morphotype is similar to Thamnasteria (s.l.) furukawai Kanmera, 1964, from which it differs in poorly marked centers and in a lack of columella. The genus differs from Andrazella Cuif in calicular series with poorly marked centers. [details]Description Description and illustrations of this interesting coral were given by Stanley and Whalen, 1989(see above), and Caruthers and Stanley, 2008:486,fig.5.19 and 5.25. [details]
Diagnosis Colony plate-like. Calices in straight or meandering series. Valleys deep, extremely narrow (0.8-2.5mm). Centers of calices poorly marked. Collins tectiform with sharp septothecal ridges.In the collins septa nonconfluent. Columella lacking. Septa short and thick. Distal border with low denticles. [details]
Remark Only one species is known. [details]
Status In Montanaro-Gallitelli, Russo and Ferrari, 1979: 149, the coral was described under the name of Andrazella Cuif, 1976 [details]
From editor or global species database
