Scleractinia taxon details
Kuhnastraea Cuif, 1976 †
1440130 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440130)
accepted
Genus
Phyllocoenia decussata Reuss, 1854 † accepted as Kuhnastraea decussata (Reuss, 1854) † (type by original designation)
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 Morphology and microstructure of the type and other species are described by Cuif 1976:78-84, text-fig.3,4;pl.3,fig.1-6, and...
Status Synonymy: Phyllocoenia Milne Edwards at Haime, 1848.
Description Morphology and microstructure of the type and other species are described by Cuif 1976:78-84, text-fig.3,4;pl.3,fig.1-6, and Roniewicz 1989:70,pl.14,fig.3;pl.17,fig.1;pl.18,fig.1-7. [details]
Status Synonymy: Phyllocoenia Milne Edwards at Haime, 1848.
Status Synonymy: Phyllocoenia Milne Edwards at Haime, 1848. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Kuhnastraea Cuif, 1976 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440130 on 2026-09-04
Date
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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 From closely related Palaeastraea it differs in formation of palisaded trabecular wall. [details]Description Morphology and microstructure of the type and other species are described by Cuif 1976:78-84, text-fig.3,4;pl.3,fig.1-6, and Roniewicz 1989:70,pl.14,fig.3;pl.17,fig.1;pl.18,fig.1-7. [details]
Diagnosis Kuhnastreoid. Increase by intracalicular subequivalent division without skeletal connections between the centers, rarely by intercalicular formation of calice. Calices convex, separated from each other by a depression. Intercorallite trabecular palisaded wall is marked as a thin line at the middle of the depression. Inner stereomal wall frequent. Radial elements costo-septal in type, fusiform, exsert. Intra- and extra-calicular dissepiments vesicular; lonsdaleoid septa present. Mid-septal zone from straight to zigzag; lateral septal stereome varying in organization from fibers subvertical to the midseptal zone, to the fascicles provided with axis. Septal lateral micromorphology granular. [details]
Remark Original diagnosis has been emended in Roniewicz 1989:70. Six species have bee described, so far. [details]
Status Synonymy: Phyllocoenia Milne Edwards at Haime, 1848. [details]
