Scleractinia taxon details
Goldfussastrea L. Beauvais, 1964 †
1438151 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438151)
accepted
Genus
Goldfussastrea heidenheimensis L. Beauvais, 1964 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Beauvais L. (1964). Ėtude stratigraphique et paléontologique des formations à madréporaires du Jurassique supérieur du Jura et de l'Est du Bassin de Paris. <em>Mémoires de la Société de géologique de France.</em> 43 (100): 1–287, pls. 1-38. [details]
Description Massive subceroid or astreoid to meandroid corallum. Lower face without holotheca. Radial elements are compact, rather...
Description Massive subceroid or astreoid to meandroid corallum. Lower face without holotheca. Radial elements are compact, rather free, non confluent or subconfluent, straight to curved unequal in length. Distal edge with acute or rounded strong equal teeth, lateral faces with granules connected in opposite carinae perpendicular to the distal edge. Montlivaltid microstructure. No pali. Radial and bilateral symmetry (occasionally opposite septa joining the columella). Abundant vesiculose endotheca. Lamellar columella, polytrabecular in microstructure. No synapticule. Wall absent or incomplete. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Goldfussastrea L. Beauvais, 1964 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438151 on 2026-09-18
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Beauvais L. (1964). Ėtude stratigraphique et paléontologique des formations à madréporaires du Jurassique supérieur du Jura et de l'Est du Bassin de Paris. <em>Mémoires de la Société de géologique de France.</em> 43 (100): 1–287, pls. 1-38. [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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Description Massive subceroid or astreoid to meandroid corallum. Lower face without holotheca. Radial elements are compact, rather free, non confluent or subconfluent, straight to curved unequal in length. Distal edge with acute or rounded strong equal teeth, lateral faces with granules connected in opposite carinae perpendicular to the distal edge. Montlivaltid microstructure. No pali. Radial and bilateral symmetry (occasionally opposite septa joining the columella). Abundant vesiculose endotheca. Lamellar columella, polytrabecular in microstructure. No synapticule. Wall absent or incomplete. [details]Diagnosis Like Isastrea but with a lamellar columella and absent or incomplete wall. [details]
Remark The genus seems to be very close of Isastrea. The "absence" of wall is something possible in the normal variability of this genus. Nevertheless the lamellar columella is a distinctive character. Three potential species (see Lathuilière 2000 and Morsch 2001). [details]
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