Scleractinia taxon details
Cuifastraeidae Melnikova, 1983 †
1440133 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440133)
accepted
Family
- Genus Cuifastraea Melnikova, 1983 †
- Genus Gillastraea Melnikova, 1983 †
- Genus Karatchastraea Cuif, 1976 †
- Genus Silesiastraea Morycowa, 1988 †
- Genus Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze, 1977 † accepted as Texastrea Wells, 1973 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Melnikova, G. K. (1983). Novye pozdnetriasovye skleraktinii Pamira. [new post-Triassic Scleractinians from Pamir; in Russian]. Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal, 1983, 1: 45-53. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cuifastraeidae Melnikova, 1983 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440133 on 2026-05-19
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original description
Melnikova, G. K. (1983). Novye pozdnetriasovye skleraktinii Pamira. [new post-Triassic Scleractinians from Pamir; in Russian]. Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal, 1983, 1: 45-53. [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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Solitary, phaceloid, and colonial: astreoid and thamnasterioid; increase intracalicular; radial elements thin and compact, built of monoaxial, mostly vertical trabeculae; lateral sides with continuous menianes with denticulated edges; dissepiments vesiculous; holotheca. [details]
