Scleractinia taxon details
Quenstedtiphyllia Melnikova, 1975 †
1440290 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440290)
accepted
Genus
Hexastraea fritschi Volz, 1896 † accepted as Quenstedtiphyllia fritschi (Volz, 1896) † (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Melnikova, G. K. (1975). Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs. Pozdnetryasovye skleraktinii yugo-vostochnogo Pamira [Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs], 236 pp., 38 pls. [details]
Description Decsribed and illustrated in Melnikova 1975 and, under the name of Pachysolenia mardjanaica, in 2001:36,pl.6,fig.1.
Status Melnikova created a new generic name Quenstedtiphyllia for Hexastraea fritshi Volz; genus Hexastraea Volz,1896 is a junior...
Description Decsribed and illustrated in Melnikova 1975 and, under the name of Pachysolenia mardjanaica, in 2001:36,pl.6,fig.1. [details]
Status Melnikova created a new generic name Quenstedtiphyllia for Hexastraea fritshi Volz; genus Hexastraea Volz,1896 is a junior...
Status Melnikova created a new generic name Quenstedtiphyllia for Hexastraea fritshi Volz; genus Hexastraea Volz,1896 is a junior homonym of Hexastraea Bellardi in Sismonda 1871. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Quenstedtiphyllia Melnikova, 1975 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440290 on 2026-06-15
original description
Melnikova, G. K. (1975). Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs. Pozdnetryasovye skleraktinii yugo-vostochnogo Pamira [Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs], 236 pp., 38 pls. [details]
basis of record Roniewicz E, Stolarski J. (2001). Triassic roots of the amphiastraeid scleractinian corals. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 75: 34-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0034:trotas>2.0.co;2 [details]
basis of record Roniewicz E, Stolarski J. (2001). Triassic roots of the amphiastraeid scleractinian corals. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 75: 34-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0034:trotas>2.0.co;2 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Similar to Pachysolenia in phaceloid corallum, radial symmetry and tabular endotheca, but differing from it in the type of budding - pocket-budding in Quenstedtiphyllia while lateral in Pachysolenia, and in the microstructure of septa and wall. In Pachysolenia septa ddo not show show separated centers and the wall is built of modules centered along subhorizontal axes; in Quenstedtiphyllia the centers in septa are discernible, and modules are centered on the wall. [details]Description Decsribed and illustrated in Melnikova 1975 and, under the name of Pachysolenia mardjanaica, in 2001:36,pl.6,fig.1. [details]
Diagnosis Phaceloid amphiastreid with one-zonal (tabular) endotheca. Septal apparatus in quasi-radial symmetry. Increase by pocket-budding. [details]
Remark The features of the genus were discussed in Roniewicz and Stolarski 2001, and phylogeny of the family Amphiastraeidae outlined. Two species are known. [details]
Status Melnikova created a new generic name Quenstedtiphyllia for Hexastraea fritshi Volz; genus Hexastraea Volz,1896 is a junior homonym of Hexastraea Bellardi in Sismonda 1871. [details]
