Scleractinia taxon details
Beneckastraea Cuif, 1976 †
1439665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439665)
accepted
Genus
Chorisastraea beneckei Frech, 1896 † (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cuif, J.-P. (1976). Recherches sur les Madreporaires du Trias IV. Formes cerio-meandroides et thamnasteroides du Trias des Alpes et du Taurus sudanatolien. <em>Sciences de la Terre.</em> 53, 65-195. [details]
Description In addition to illustration in Cuif 1969 (above), microstructure of the type species was presented in the illustrations in...
Status Synonymy: Chorisastraea Fromentel, 1861
Description In addition to illustration in Cuif 1969 (above), microstructure of the type species was presented in the illustrations in Cuif 1976:123,pl.13,figs.1-5 and text-fig.17. [details]
Status Synonymy: Chorisastraea Fromentel, 1861
Status Synonymy: Chorisastraea Fromentel, 1861 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Beneckastraea Cuif, 1976 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439665 on 2026-05-10
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original description
Cuif, J.-P. (1976). Recherches sur les Madreporaires du Trias IV. Formes cerio-meandroides et thamnasteroides du Trias des Alpes et du Taurus sudanatolien. <em>Sciences de la Terre.</em> 53, 65-195. [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
From editor or global species database
Comparison The genus resembles Pamiroseris Melnikova, 1971 in having thick trabeculae, granules and a papillar columella, but differs from that thamnasterioid genus in cerioid colony type. [details]Description In addition to illustration in Cuif 1969 (above), microstructure of the type species was presented in the illustrations in Cuif 1976:123,pl.13,figs.1-5 and text-fig.17. [details]
Diagnosis Cerioid. Radial elements of septal type, with trabeculae arranged in a half-fan system. Granules rounded. Columella papillar. Wall zigzag, septothecal with addition of mural synapticulae. Budding by subequivalent division. [details]
Remark Only one species is known. [details]
Status Synonymy: Chorisastraea Fromentel, 1861 [details]
