Scleractinia taxon details
Morphastrea d'Orbigny, 1850 †
1440268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440268)
accepted
Genus
Agaricia ludoviciana Michelin, 1845 † accepted as Dimorphastrea ludoviciana (Michelin, 1845) † (type by subsequent designation)
Morphastraea d'Orbigny, 1850 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Species Morphastrea laminata Negus & L. Beauvais, 1979 †
- Species Morphastrea escharoides (Goldfuss, 1826) † accepted as Dimorphastrea escharoides (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Morphastrea ludoviciana (Michelin, 1845) † accepted as Dimorphastrea ludoviciana (Michelin, 1845) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2</i>. 427 pp. Paris: Masson [November 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41091877 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Morphastrea d'Orbigny, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440268 on 2026-06-02
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Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2</i>. 427 pp. Paris: Masson [November 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41091877 [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
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Diagnosis Colonial, lamellar, thamnasterioid-submeandroid. Budding extracalicular and marignal. Septa confluent to subconfluent, laterally coarsely granulated sometimes in a carinated-like fashion, pores present occasionally. Synapticulae abundant. Columella styliform or made of fused axial ends of septa. No wall between the corallites. Trabeculae thick. [details]
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