Scleractinia taxon details
Pachyphylliidae M. Beauvais, 1982 †
1439660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439660)
accepted
Family
- Genus Columnocoenia Alloiteau, 1952 †
- Genus Neocoeniopsis Alloiteau, 1957 †
- Genus Pachyphyllia Alloiteau, 1957 †
- Genus Apostrophyllum Thomas, 1835 † accepted as Acanthophyllia Wells, 1937 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Columnacaeniopsis Reig Oriol, 1989 † accepted as Columnocoenia Alloiteau, 1952 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Columnocaenia Alloiteau, 1952 † accepted as Columnocoenia Alloiteau, 1952 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Phyllocaeniina Vidal, 1980 † accepted as Neocoeniopsis Alloiteau, 1957 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Beauvais M. (1982). Révision systématique des madréporaires des Couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche), Sous-ordres Archaeocoeniina, Stylinina, Astraeoina, Meandriina,Caryophilliina: 1-256; 2, Sous-ordre Fungiina: 1-277; 3,Sous-ordre Heterocoeniina, sous-classe Octocorallia, classeHydrozoa: 1-177; 4, Atlas photographies: 11-71, pls., 1- 71;5, Atlas figures (not paginated). Travaux du Laboratoire depaléontologie des invertébrés. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Invertébrés.</em> 2: 1-278. [details]
Taxonomic remark
This family includes the family Pachyphylliidae Loeser, 2012, p. 541 (ex Pachyphylliidae Alloiteau, 1957) which...
This family includes the family Pachyphylliidae Loeser, 2012, p. 541 (ex Pachyphylliidae Alloiteau, 1957) which...
Taxonomic remark
This family includes the family Pachyphylliidae Loeser, 2012, p. 541 (ex Pachyphylliidae Alloiteau, 1957) which represents both a junior synonym and junior homonym of Beauvais' family. While Alloiteau (1957) created the genus Pachyphyllia, he, however, did not create the family Pachyphylliidae but questionably assigned the genus Pachyphyllia to the subfamily Phyllocoeniinae Alloiteau, 1952. And based on the taxonomic concept Alloiteau had previously introduced in 1952, he viewed the Phyllocoeniinae as a subfamily of the family Smilotrochidae Alloiteau, 1952. [details]
This family includes the family Pachyphylliidae Loeser, 2012, p. 541 (ex Pachyphylliidae Alloiteau, 1957) which represents both a junior synonym and junior homonym of Beauvais' family. While Alloiteau (1957) created the genus Pachyphyllia, he, however, did not create the family Pachyphylliidae but questionably assigned the genus Pachyphyllia to the subfamily Phyllocoeniinae Alloiteau, 1952. And based on the taxonomic concept Alloiteau had previously introduced in 1952, he viewed the Phyllocoeniinae as a subfamily of the family Smilotrochidae Alloiteau, 1952. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pachyphylliidae M. Beauvais, 1982 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439660 on 2026-04-24
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Beauvais M. (1982). Révision systématique des madréporaires des Couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche), Sous-ordres Archaeocoeniina, Stylinina, Astraeoina, Meandriina,Caryophilliina: 1-256; 2, Sous-ordre Fungiina: 1-277; 3,Sous-ordre Heterocoeniina, sous-classe Octocorallia, classeHydrozoa: 1-177; 4, Atlas photographies: 11-71, pls., 1- 71;5, Atlas figures (not paginated). Travaux du Laboratoire depaléontologie des invertébrés. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Invertébrés.</em> 2: 1-278. [details]
basis of record Baron-Szabo RC. (2018). Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia - Family Pachyphylliidae (nr. 105). <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> Volume 2, Chapter 13: 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.17161/to.v0i0.7551 [details]
basis of record Baron-Szabo RC. (2018). Systematic descriptions of the Scleractinia - Family Pachyphylliidae (nr. 105). <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> Volume 2, Chapter 13: 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.17161/to.v0i0.7551 [details]
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Diagnosis Colonial. Corallum often massive or subhemispherical, or small and knobby or sublamellar. Corallites are plocoid to subcerioid or submeandroid. Colonies form by various forms of extracalicular and intracalicular budding, including marginal types, as well as transverse division. Costosepta compact, radially and bilaterally arranged, margins beaded. Septal flanks are irregularly covered by short spines and granules that are often less than 50 µm. Their shapes include rounded granules, short thorns, and carinae-like forms. Centers of trabeculae that form mid-septal lines are irregularly present or absent. Costae well developed or reduced. Columella trabecular, occurring in varying shapes including spongy, papillose, lamellar, made of twisted lamellar segments, and irregularly trabecular. Synapticulae sparse, occurring throughout the corallum or restricted to the wall. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular or subtabular. Peritheca present, often well developed. Exotheca present or absent. Pali or paliform lobes absent or present. Trabeculae arranged in an alternating, zig-zag fashion (see ALLOITEAU, 1957, p. 126). Wall parasynapticulothecal with or without both pores and septothecal thickenings. [details]Diagnosis
Colonial. Corallum often massive or subhemispherical, or small and knobby or sublamellar. Corallites are plocoid to subcerioid or submeandroid. Colonies form by various forms of extracalicular and intracalicular budding, including marginal types, as well as transverse division. Costosepta compact, radially and bilaterally arranged, margins beaded. Septal flanks are irregularly covered by short spines and granules that are often less than 50 µm. Their shapes include rounded granules, short thorns, and carinae-like forms. Centers of trabeculae that form mid-septal lines are irregularly present or absent. Costae well developed or reduced. Columella trabecular, occurring in varying shapes including spongy, papillose, lamellar, made of twisted lamellar segments, and irregularly trabecular. Synapticulae sparse, occurring throughout the corallum or restricted to the wall. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular or subtabular. Peritheca present, often well developed. Exotheca present or absent. Pali or paliform lobes absent or present. Trabeculae arranged in an alternating, zig-zag fashion (see ALLOITEAU, 1957, p. 126). Wall parasynapticulothecal with or without both pores and septothecal thickenings. [details]
Remark This family includes the family Pachyphylliidae Loeser, 2012, p. 541 (ex Pachyphylliidae Alloiteau, 1957) which represents both a junior synonym and junior homonym of Beauvais' family. While Alloiteau (1957) created the genus Pachyphyllia, he, however, did not create the family Pachyphylliidae but questionably assigned the genus Pachyphyllia to the subfamily Phyllocoeniinae Alloiteau, 1952. And based on the taxonomic concept Alloiteau had previously introduced in 1952, he viewed the Phyllocoeniinae as a subfamily of the family Smilotrochidae Alloiteau, 1952. [details]
Taxonomic remark
This family includes the family Pachyphylliidae Loeser, 2012, p. 541 (ex Pachyphylliidae Alloiteau, 1957) which represents both a junior synonym and junior homonym of Beauvais' family. While Alloiteau (1957) created the genus Pachyphyllia, he, however, did not create the family Pachyphylliidae but questionably assigned the genus Pachyphyllia to the subfamily Phyllocoeniinae Alloiteau, 1952. And based on the taxonomic concept Alloiteau had previously introduced in 1952, he viewed the Phyllocoeniinae as a subfamily of the family Smilotrochidae Alloiteau, 1952. [details]
