Scleractinia taxon details
Polyphylloseris de Fromentel, 1857 †
1439767 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439767)
accepted
Genus
Polyphyllastrea convexa d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Polyphylloseris convexa (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (type by subsequent designation)
Mastophyllia Felix, 1891 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Polyphylloseris conophora (Felix, 1891) †
- Species Polyphylloseris convexa (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Polyphylloseris distefanoi (Prever, 1909) †
- Species Polyphylloseris icaunensis (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Polyphylloseris iwateensis Eguchi, 1951 †
- Species Polyphylloseris japonica (Eguchi, 1951) †
- Species Polyphylloseris mammillata Eguchi, 1951 †
- Species Polyphylloseris microkothos Baron-Szabo, 2008 †
- Species Polyphylloseris polymorpha Felix, 1891 †
- Species Polyphylloseris bellis Koby, 1905 † accepted as Crateroseris bellis (Koby, 1905) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Fromentel E. de. (1857). Description des Polypiers fossiles de l'étage Nèocomien. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne, Auxerre (Perriquet et Rouillé).</em> 78 pp. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Polyphylloseris de Fromentel, 1857 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439767 on 2026-07-20
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Fromentel E. de. (1857). Description des Polypiers fossiles de l'étage Nèocomien. <em>Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l'Yonne, Auxerre (Perriquet et Rouillé).</em> 78 pp. [details]
original description (of Mastophyllia Felix, 1891 †) Felix, J. (1891). Versteinerungen aus der mexicanischen Jura- und Kreideformation. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 37: 140-199, pls. 22-30. [details]
basis of record Eliášová, H. (2015). Genres nouveaux et peu connus de coraux Scléractiniaires des calcaires de Štramberk (Jurassique supérieur de République tchèque). <em>Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève.</em> 34 (1): 59-76. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
original description (of Mastophyllia Felix, 1891 †) Felix, J. (1891). Versteinerungen aus der mexicanischen Jura- und Kreideformation. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 37: 140-199, pls. 22-30. [details]
basis of record Eliášová, H. (2015). Genres nouveaux et peu connus de coraux Scléractiniaires des calcaires de Štramberk (Jurassique supérieur de République tchèque). <em>Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève.</em> 34 (1): 59-76. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Colonial, thamnasterioid to subplocoid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Corallites elevated, appearing mammelonate. Septa confluent, regularly perforated, pennular laterally. Columella trabecular. Synapticulae abundant. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular, numerous. [details]Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]
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