Scleractinia taxon details
Mitrodendron Quenstedt, 1880 †
1440284 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440284)
accepted
Genus
Lithodendron mitratum Quenstedt, 1858 † accepted as Mitrodendron mitratum (Quenstedt, 1857) † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Mitrodendron biennensis L. Beauvais & Bernier, 1981 †
- Species Mitrodendron cretacea Alloiteau, 1947 †
- Species Mitrodendron mitratum (Quenstedt, 1857) †
- Species Mitrodendron modicum Eliašová, 1975 †
- Species Mitrodendron ogilvieae Geyer, 1955 †
- Species Mitrodendron parnassus Morycowa, 2002 †
- Species Mitrodendron tenuiseptum Eliášová, 1975 †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Quenstedt, F. A. (1878-1881). Petrefactenkunde Deutschlands. Röhren- und Sternkorallen. <em>Leipzig: Fues Verlag.</em> 6: 1-1081., available online at https://sachsen.digital/werkansicht?tx_dlf[id]=29785&tx_dlf[page]=1 [details]
Description Dendroid corallum with deep calices and rapid increase in diameter of branches. Corallite outline various in shape due to...
Description Dendroid corallum with deep calices and rapid increase in diameter of branches. Corallite outline various in shape due to the Taschenknospung. Radial elements compact free septa s.s., unequal, of a fairly constant thickness, straight or curved. Distal edge smooth, steeply inclined near the wall, inner edge smooth, lateral faces smooth. No palis. Microstructure. No hexameral symmetry but a bilateral symmetry marked by a cardinal septum. Endotheca of large vesicles. No columella, no synapticulae. Cutting peripheral wall, externally smooth, probably a pachytheca. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Mitrodendron Quenstedt, 1880 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440284 on 2026-05-23
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Quenstedt, F. A. (1878-1881). Petrefactenkunde Deutschlands. Röhren- und Sternkorallen. <em>Leipzig: Fues Verlag.</em> 6: 1-1081., available online at https://sachsen.digital/werkansicht?tx_dlf[id]=29785&tx_dlf[page]=1 [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]
additional source Kołodziej B. (2003). Scleractinian corals of suborders Pachythecaliina and Rhipidogyrina: discussion on similarities and description of species from Stramberk-type limestones, Polish Outer Carpathians. <em>Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae.</em> 73(3): 193-217. [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]
additional source Kołodziej B. (2003). Scleractinian corals of suborders Pachythecaliina and Rhipidogyrina: discussion on similarities and description of species from Stramberk-type limestones, Polish Outer Carpathians. <em>Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae.</em> 73(3): 193-217. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Comparison Wells, 1956 considered Mitrodendron as a senior synonym of Aulastrea but Mitrodendron is generally considered as more clearly phaceloid and has a marginarium that is not complete around the septal apparatus (Eliášová, 1975). Amphiaulastrea is cerioid. [details]Description Dendroid corallum with deep calices and rapid increase in diameter of branches. Corallite outline various in shape due to the Taschenknospung. Radial elements compact free septa s.s., unequal, of a fairly constant thickness, straight or curved. Distal edge smooth, steeply inclined near the wall, inner edge smooth, lateral faces smooth. No palis. Microstructure. No hexameral symmetry but a bilateral symmetry marked by a cardinal septum. Endotheca of large vesicles. No columella, no synapticulae. Cutting peripheral wall, externally smooth, probably a pachytheca. [details]
Remark Ten Jurassic nominal species and two Cretaceous (Löser 2000) [details]
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