Scleractinia taxon details
Styloseris Ferry, 1870 †
1438072 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438072)
accepted
Genus
Thamnasteria mammosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 † (type by monotypy)
- Species Styloseris mammosa (Edwards & Haime, 1851) † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Ferry, H. de. (1870). Polypiers nouveaux ou peu connus. <em>Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon.</em> 9: 189-206. [details]
Description Massive thamnasterioid mammose corallum. Radial elements are apparently compact anastomosing bicuneiform biseptal sheets....
Status Usually treated as a junior synonym of Thamnasteria
Description Massive thamnasterioid mammose corallum. Radial elements are apparently compact anastomosing bicuneiform biseptal sheets. Distal edge, inner edge, lateral faces unknown. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry difficult to decipher, bilateral symmetry marked by torsion and anastomosing of septa. Columella styliform, synapticulae present, wall absent. [details]
Status Usually treated as a junior synonym of Thamnasteria
Status Usually treated as a junior synonym of Thamnasteria [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Styloseris Ferry, 1870 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438072 on 2026-05-20
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original description
Ferry, H. de. (1870). Polypiers nouveaux ou peu connus. <em>Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon.</em> 9: 189-206. [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]
From editor or global species database
Description Massive thamnasterioid mammose corallum. Radial elements are apparently compact anastomosing bicuneiform biseptal sheets. Distal edge, inner edge, lateral faces unknown. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry difficult to decipher, bilateral symmetry marked by torsion and anastomosing of septa. Columella styliform, synapticulae present, wall absent. [details]Status Usually treated as a junior synonym of Thamnasteria [details]
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