Scleractinia taxon details

Proaplophyllia Roniewicz, 1976 †

1438324  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438324)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Scleractinia suborder incertae sedis (Suborder)
  8. Stylinidae † (Family)
  9. Proaplophyllia † (Genus)
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Roniewicz, E. (1976). Les scleractiniaires du Jurassique Superieur de la Dobrogea Centrale, Roumanie. Palaeontologia Polonica, 34: 17-121. [details] 
Description The type species is described and well illustrated by Roniewicz, 1966 and 1976. Early Jurassic species is known from the...  
Description The type species is described and well illustrated by Roniewicz, 1966 and 1976. Early Jurassic species is known from the Pamirs by Melnikova, 1975. [details]

Status Nomen substitutum for Aplophyllia d’Orbigny, 1849 based on Lithodendron dichotomum Michelin, 1843 (non L. dichotomum...  
Status Nomen substitutum for Aplophyllia d’Orbigny, 1849 based on Lithodendron dichotomum Michelin, 1843 (non L. dichotomum Goldfuss, 1826), which is a junior objective synonym of Stylosmilia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848 based on Stylosmilia michelini Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, equivalent of L. dichotomum Michelin. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Proaplophyllia Roniewicz, 1976 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438324 on 2026-05-10
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original description Roniewicz, E. (1976). Les scleractiniaires du Jurassique Superieur de la Dobrogea Centrale, Roumanie. Palaeontologia Polonica, 34: 17-121. [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 genus differs from Goniocora Milne Edwards et Haime, 1851 and Stylosmilia Milne Edwards et Haime, 1848, in lacking columella. [details]

Description The type species is described and well illustrated by Roniewicz, 1966 and 1976. Early Jurassic species is known from the Pamirs by Melnikova, 1975. [details]

Diagnosis Phaceloid; increase by marginal budding; costosepta exsert; septa of three size orders, S1 septa the longest; costae twice as numerous as septa, their margin covered with granulae; endotheca tabular; wall septothecal, costulated; epithecal rings may develop. . [details]

Remark A number of nominal species, from them two species were verified. [details]

Status Nomen substitutum for Aplophyllia d’Orbigny, 1849 based on Lithodendron dichotomum Michelin, 1843 (non L. dichotomum Goldfuss, 1826), which is a junior objective synonym of Stylosmilia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848 based on Stylosmilia michelini Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, equivalent of L. dichotomum Michelin. [details]
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