Scleractinia taxon details
Maeandrella Oppenheim, 1930 †
1440267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440267)
accepted
Genus
Meandrina michelini Reuss, 1854 † accepted as Maeandrella michelini (Reuss, 1854) † (type by original designation)
Astrogyropsis Reig Oriol, 1995 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Meandrofungia M. Beauvais, 1982 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Maeandrella Oppenheim, 1930 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440267 on 2026-05-11
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Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [details]
original description (of Astrogyropsis Reig Oriol, 1995 †) Reig Oriol, J. M. (1995). Madreporarios cretácicos. <em>Barcelona.</em> 62 pp. [details]
original description (of Meandrofungia M. Beauvais, 1982 †) Beauvais M. (1982). Révision systématique des madréporaires des Couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche), Sous-ordres Archaeocoeniina, Stylinina, Astraeoina, Meandriina,Caryophilliina: 1-256; 2, Sous-ordre Fungiina: 1-277; 3,Sous-ordre Heterocoeniina, sous-classe Octocorallia, classeHydrozoa: 1-177; 4, Atlas photographies: 11-71, pls., 1- 71;5, Atlas figures (not paginated). Travaux du Laboratoire depaléontologie des invertébrés. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Invertébrés.</em> 2: 1-278. [details]
additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
original description (of Astrogyropsis Reig Oriol, 1995 †) Reig Oriol, J. M. (1995). Madreporarios cretácicos. <em>Barcelona.</em> 62 pp. [details]
original description (of Meandrofungia M. Beauvais, 1982 †) Beauvais M. (1982). Révision systématique des madréporaires des Couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche), Sous-ordres Archaeocoeniina, Stylinina, Astraeoina, Meandriina,Caryophilliina: 1-256; 2, Sous-ordre Fungiina: 1-277; 3,Sous-ordre Heterocoeniina, sous-classe Octocorallia, classeHydrozoa: 1-177; 4, Atlas photographies: 11-71, pls., 1- 71;5, Atlas figures (not paginated). Travaux du Laboratoire depaléontologie des invertébrés. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Invertébrés.</em> 2: 1-278. [details]
additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Colonial, meandroid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Calicinal series separated by tectiform collines. Ambulacra present. Costosepta compact, nonconfluent, finely granulated laterally. Columella lamellar, discontinuous. Synapticulae numerous. Endothecal dissepiments sparse. Wall synapticulothecal-septothecal. [details]Remark Oppenheim (1930) created the genus Maeandrella for the species Meandrina michelini Reuss, 1854. Later, M. Beauvais (1982) chose the same specimen as the type species of his new genus Maeandrofungia. Therefore, the latter represents the junior synonym (nomen vanum) of the genus Maeandrella Oppenheim, 1930. In 1956 Wells stated that Maeandrella Oppenheim, 1930, represented a junior homonym. Later, he revised this statement and accepted Oppenheim's genus (Wells, 1986). [details]
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