Scleractinia taxon details
Haplaraea Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
1439824 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439824)
accepted
Genus
Haplaraea elegans Milaschewitsch, 1876 † (type by monotypy)
Haplarea Milaschewitsch, 1876 † · unaccepted > unjustified emendation
- Species Haplaraea discrepans Wells, 1941 †
- Species Haplaraea diversicostata Oppenheim, 1930 †
- Species Haplaraea elegans Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Haplaraea epithecata Oppenheim, 1930 †
- Species Haplaraea felixii Oppenheim, 1930 †
- Species Haplaraea fragilis Koby, 1886 †
- Species Haplaraea tenuicostata Oppenheim, 1930 †
- Species Haplaraea rennensis Alloiteau, 1952 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Haplaraea columnaris Ogilvie, 1897 † accepted as Sylviella columnaris (Ogilvie, 1897) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Haplaraea gigantea Oppenheim, 1930 † accepted as Felixaraea gigantea (Oppenheim, 1930) † (basionym, changed combination)
- Species Haplaraea pollicaris Oppenheim, 1930 † accepted as Felixaraea pollicaris (Oppenheim, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Haplaraea pratzi Felix, 1903 † accepted as Felixaraea pratzi (Felix, 1903) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Haplaraea reticularis Oppenheim, 1930 † accepted as Felixaraea reticularis (Oppenheim, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Milaschewitsch C. (1876). Die Korallen der Nattheimer Schichten. Zweite Abteilung. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 21 (7): 182-243, pls. 36-51. [details]
Description Solitary corallum with subcylindrical corallites commonly exsert. Epitheca nearly absent, only some thin and scarce...
Description Solitary corallum with subcylindrical corallites commonly exsert. Epitheca nearly absent, only some thin and scarce rhythmic rings. Costae subequal and coarsely and regularly dentate with round robust teeth. Radial elements are anastomosed costosepta perforate in the septal part to compact in the costal part, slightly bicuneiform straight to curved. Distal edge with regular teeth, inner edge with detached trabecules. Lateral faces with conical granules that can evolve into synapticulae. No palis. Trabecules arranged in fan system. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry not deciphered, bilateral symmetry potentially marked with curvature of septa, elongation of the corallite and of axial zone. Endotheca of vesicular dissepiments sloping down outward and inward, Columella spongious to papillose with cylindrical or slightly compressed papillae. Regularly synapticulate. No wall. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Haplaraea Milaschewitsch, 1876 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439824 on 2026-05-10
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Milaschewitsch C. (1876). Die Korallen der Nattheimer Schichten. Zweite Abteilung. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 21 (7): 182-243, pls. 36-51. [details]
basis of record Löser H. (2013). Revision of the family Felixaraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 35 (4): 747-765., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/g2013n4a1 [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]
additional source Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [details]
basis of record Löser H. (2013). Revision of the family Felixaraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 35 (4): 747-765., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/g2013n4a1 [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]
additional source Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Solitary corallum with subcylindrical corallites commonly exsert. Epitheca nearly absent, only some thin and scarce rhythmic rings. Costae subequal and coarsely and regularly dentate with round robust teeth. Radial elements are anastomosed costosepta perforate in the septal part to compact in the costal part, slightly bicuneiform straight to curved. Distal edge with regular teeth, inner edge with detached trabecules. Lateral faces with conical granules that can evolve into synapticulae. No palis. Trabecules arranged in fan system. Microstructure unknown. Hexameral symmetry not deciphered, bilateral symmetry potentially marked with curvature of septa, elongation of the corallite and of axial zone. Endotheca of vesicular dissepiments sloping down outward and inward, Columella spongious to papillose with cylindrical or slightly compressed papillae. Regularly synapticulate. No wall. [details]Remark Four Jurassic and ten Cretaceous nominal species. Haplaraea was put in the synonymy of Diplaraea by Geyer (1954). This is quite understandable. In the situation of these two type-species coming from the same Upper Kimmeridgian localities, the colonial character is the only difference and as we know in several other families of corals we can consider several morphogenera within a single specific biological unit (Lathuilière 1976). Then the nomenclatural solution chosen here is to keep Haplaraea not as a phyletic genus, but as a morphogenus. [details]
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