Scleractinia taxon details

Trechmannaria Wells, 1935 †

Trechmannaria montanaroae Wells, 1935, holotype R-30284, upper surface view (A), polished surface (B)
Trechmannaria montanaroae Wells, 1935, holotype R-30284, upper surface view (A), polished surface (B)

1439831 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439831)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Scleractinia suborder incertae sedis (Suborder)
  8. Felixaraeidae † (Family)
  9. Trechmannaria † (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Valliseris Alloiteau, 1957 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Wells JW. (1935). Corals from the Cretaceous and Eocene of Jamaica. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 10,.</em> 15:183-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933508654956 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Trechmannaria Wells, 1935 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439831 on 2026-07-20
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original description Wells JW. (1935). Corals from the Cretaceous and Eocene of Jamaica. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 10,.</em> 15:183-194., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933508654956 [details] 

original description (of Valliseris Alloiteau, 1957 †) Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Diagnosis Colonial, massive, thamnasterioid-meandroid. Gemmation by fission. Corallite centres distinct, arranged in short series, separated by tholiform to tectiform collines. Septa confluent, subcompact to perforated, appearing ragged in section. Synapticulae numerous. Endothecal dissepiments sparse. Columella spongy. No wall between the corallites. [details]
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