Scleractinia taxon details
Coryphylliidae L. Beauvais, 1981 †
1440126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440126)
accepted
Family
- Genus Coryphyllia Cuif, 1975 †
- Genus Coryphyllina Roniewicz, 1996 †
- Genus Flexastrea Roniewicz & Stanley, 2013 †
- Genus Khytrastrea Roniewicz & Stanley, 2013 †
- Genus Kuhnastraea Cuif, 1976 †
- Genus Margarogyra Roniewicz, 2011 †
- Genus Nevadoseris Roniewicz & Stanley, 2013 †
- Genus Noriphyllia Roniewicz & Stanley, 2009 †
- Genus Palaeastraea Kühn, 1936 † (accepted > nomen novum)
- Genus Parathecosmilia L. Beauvais, 1986 †
- Genus Palaeoastrea Kühn, 1936 † accepted as Palaeastraea Kühn, 1936 † (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Beauvais L. (1981). Sur la taxinomie des Madréporaires mésozoïques. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 25 (3-4): 345-360,. [details]
Status This family was emended by Roniewicz and Stanley, 2009, p. 408.
Status This family was emended by Roniewicz and Stanley, 2009, p. 408. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Coryphylliidae L. Beauvais, 1981 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440126 on 2026-06-07
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original description
Beauvais L. (1981). Sur la taxinomie des Madréporaires mésozoïques. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 25 (3-4): 345-360,. [details]
basis of record Roniewicz E, Stanley GD Jr. (2009). Noriphyllia, a new Tethyan Late Triassic coral genus (Scleractinia). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 83(4): 467-478., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-009-0030-8 [details]
basis of record Roniewicz E, Stanley GD Jr. (2009). Noriphyllia, a new Tethyan Late Triassic coral genus (Scleractinia). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 83(4): 467-478., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-009-0030-8 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Solitary, phaceloid, colony of astreoid type; increase intacalicular; septa and costosepta, lonsdaleoid septa among high order septa; midseptal zone straight or wavy; lateral septal sclerenchyme arranged in portions of fibers; endotheca dissepimental; wall epithecal with the highest order septa having structural connection with epithecal sclerenchyme, and lower order septa having specific sclerenchymal supports (wall segments). [details]Status This family was emended by Roniewicz and Stanley, 2009, p. 408. [details]
