Scleractinia taxon details
Columnocoenia Alloiteau, 1952 †
1439661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439661)
accepted
Genus
Columnocaenia lamberti Alloiteau, 1957 † accepted as Columnocoenia lamberti Alloiteau, 1957 † (type by subsequent designation)
Columnacaeniopsis Reig Oriol, 1989 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Columnocaenia Alloiteau, 1952 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Eocolumastraea Löser & Zell, 2015 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Columnocoenia bucovinensis Morycowa, 1971 †
- Species Columnocoenia eduardi (Reig Oriol, 1989) †
- Species Columnocoenia elachia Baron-Szabo, 2002 †
- Species Columnocoenia falkenbergensis Baron-Szabo, 2021 †
- Species Columnocoenia katzi (Kuzmicheva, 1975) †
- Species Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa, 1964 †
- Species Columnocoenia lamberti Alloiteau, 1957 †
- Species Columnocoenia miniflora L. Beauvais & Bernier, 1981 †
- Species Columnocoenia minima L. Beauvais, 1966 †
- Species Columnocoenia jurassica Turnšek, 1972 † accepted as Pseudocoeniopsis jurassica (Turnšek, 1972) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Columnocoenia minima Baron-Szabo & González-León, 1999 † accepted as Columnocoenia elachia Baron-Szabo, 2002 † (homonymy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Volume 1. Paris: Masson.</em> 539–782, pls. 1-10. [details]
Note
Columnocoenia lamberti Alloiteau, 1957: 135;...
Columnocoenia lamberti Alloiteau, 1957: 135; Subsequent Designation Alloiteau, 1957: 135
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Lower Campanian of France (Les Corbiere, Aude)
The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under R.10974. [details]
Columnocoenia lamberti Alloiteau, 1957: 135;...
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Type species Columnocoenia lamberti Alloiteau, 1957: 135; Subsequent Designation Alloiteau, 1957: 135
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Lower Campanian of France (Les Corbiere, Aude)
The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under R.10974. [details]
Distribution
Western Europe; Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Subsaharan Africa; Late Jurassic
Southeast Asia; Late Jurassic
Southern...
Taxonomic remark
The species Placocoeniopsis katzi KUZMICHEVA, 1975, from the Danian of Ukraine is grouped with Columnocoenia (see...
Western Europe; Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Subsaharan Africa; Late Jurassic
Southeast Asia; Late Jurassic
Southern...
Distribution
Western Europe; Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Subsaharan Africa; Late Jurassic
Southeast Asia; Late Jurassic
Southern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
North Africa; Early Cretaceous
South Asia; Early Cretaceous
Central America; Early Cretaceous
Eastern Europe; Paleocene [details]
Western Europe; Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Subsaharan Africa; Late Jurassic
Southeast Asia; Late Jurassic
Southern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
North Africa; Early Cretaceous
South Asia; Early Cretaceous
Central America; Early Cretaceous
Eastern Europe; Paleocene [details]
Taxonomic remark
The species Placocoeniopsis katzi KUZMICHEVA, 1975, from the Danian of Ukraine is grouped with Columnocoenia (see...
Taxonomic remark
The species Placocoeniopsis katzi KUZMICHEVA, 1975, from the Danian of Ukraine is grouped with Columnocoenia (see BARON-SZABO, 2006, p. 51) [details]
The species Placocoeniopsis katzi KUZMICHEVA, 1975, from the Danian of Ukraine is grouped with Columnocoenia (see BARON-SZABO, 2006, p. 51) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Columnocoenia Alloiteau, 1952 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439661 on 2026-10-08
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original description
Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Volume 1. Paris: Masson.</em> 539–782, pls. 1-10. [details]
original description (of Eocolumastraea Löser & Zell, 2015 †) Löser H, Zell P. (2015). Revision of the Cretaceous coral family Columastraeidae (Scleractinia). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.</em> 277 (2): 153-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2015/0510 [details]
original description (of Columnacaeniopsis Reig Oriol, 1989 †) Reig Oriol JM. (1989). Sobre varios géneros y especies de escleractinias fósiles del Cretácico Catalán. <em>Barcelona.</em> 69 pp. [details]
basis of record Baron-Szabo R, González-León C. (1999). Lower Cretaceous corals and stratigraphy of the Bisbee Group (Cerro de Oro and Lampazos areas), Sonora, Mexico. <em>Cretaceous Research.</em> 20 (4): 465-497., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/cres.1999.0159 [details]
additional source Baron-Szabo RC. (2014). Scleractinian Corals from the Cretaceous of the Alps and Northern Dinarides with remarks on related taxa. <em>Abhandlungen der geologischen Bundesanstalt.</em> 68: 1-296. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Morycowa E. (1971). Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Crétacé inférieur de Rarau (Carpathes orientales roumaines). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 16: 1-149. [details]
original description (of Eocolumastraea Löser & Zell, 2015 †) Löser H, Zell P. (2015). Revision of the Cretaceous coral family Columastraeidae (Scleractinia). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.</em> 277 (2): 153-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2015/0510 [details]
original description (of Columnacaeniopsis Reig Oriol, 1989 †) Reig Oriol JM. (1989). Sobre varios géneros y especies de escleractinias fósiles del Cretácico Catalán. <em>Barcelona.</em> 69 pp. [details]
basis of record Baron-Szabo R, González-León C. (1999). Lower Cretaceous corals and stratigraphy of the Bisbee Group (Cerro de Oro and Lampazos areas), Sonora, Mexico. <em>Cretaceous Research.</em> 20 (4): 465-497., available online at https://doi.org/10.1006/cres.1999.0159 [details]
additional source Baron-Szabo RC. (2014). Scleractinian Corals from the Cretaceous of the Alps and Northern Dinarides with remarks on related taxa. <em>Abhandlungen der geologischen Bundesanstalt.</em> 68: 1-296. [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Morycowa E. (1971). Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Crétacé inférieur de Rarau (Carpathes orientales roumaines). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 16: 1-149. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Colonial, massive, plocoid. Budding mainly extracalicular, sometimes intracalicular of various kinds (such as the fission). Costosepta compact, arranged radially or irregularly radially to bilaterally. Development of granules on septal flanks by divergent trabeculae best described by MORYCOWA (1971, p. 95–98). Columella generally lamellar, or rarely made of a small number of short lamellar segments. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular or tabular, sparse. Pali or paliform structures before 1st and 2nd cycle septa irregularly present. Wall parasynapticulothecal and (para-)septothecal, with pores in places. Perithecal wall made of dissepiments and synapticulae. [details]Diagnosis
Colonial, massive, plocoid. Budding mainly extracalicular, sometimes intracalicular of various kinds (such as the fission). Costosepta compact, arranged radially or irregularly radially to bilaterally. Development of granules on septal flanks by divergent trabeculae best described by MORYCOWA (1971, p. 95–98). Columella generally lamellar, or rarely made of a small number of short lamellar segments. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular or tabular, sparse. Pali or paliform structures before 1st and 2nd cycle septa irregularly present. Wall parasynapticulothecal and (para-)septothecal, with pores in places. Perithecal wall made of dissepiments and synapticulae. [details]
Distribution
Western Europe; Middle Jurassic - Late Jurassic
Subsaharan Africa; Late Jurassic
Southeast Asia; Late Jurassic
Southern Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe; Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous
North Africa; Early Cretaceous
South Asia; Early Cretaceous
Central America; Early Cretaceous
Eastern Europe; Paleocene [details]
Remark The species Placocoeniopsis katzi KUZMICHEVA, 1975, from the Danian of Ukraine is grouped with Columnocoenia (see BARON-SZABO, 2006, p. 51). [details]
Taxonomic remark
The species Placocoeniopsis katzi KUZMICHEVA, 1975, from the Danian of Ukraine is grouped with Columnocoenia (see BARON-SZABO, 2006, p. 51) [details]
Type species
Columnocoenia lamberti Alloiteau, 1957: 135; Subsequent Designation Alloiteau, 1957: 135
Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Verified; Unknown
Type Locality: Lower Campanian of France (Les Corbiere, Aude)
The holotype of the type species is housed at MNHN (Paris) under R.10974. [details]
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