Scleractinia taxon details
Archaeosmiliopsis Melnikova, 1975 †
1440301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440301)
accepted
Genus
Archaeosmiliopsis densus Melnikova, 1975 † (type by monotypy)
- Species Archaeosmiliopsis densus Melnikova, 1975 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Melnikova GK. (1975). Novye rannejurskye predstaviteli Amphiastraeina (Skleraktinii) Yugo-Vostochnogo Pamira. In: Djalilov, M.R. (Ed.), Voprosy Paleontolgii Tajikistana (in Russian). <em>Donish, Dushanbe.</em> pp. 108–118. [details]
Description Development of the septal apparatus was analysed based on multiple transverse sections, and the process illustrated in a...
Description Development of the septal apparatus was analysed based on multiple transverse sections, and the process illustrated in a series of the following pictures in Melnikova 1975: pl. 2: 1, 3, 4a,4б. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Archaeosmiliopsis Melnikova, 1975 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440301 on 2026-05-04
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original description
Melnikova GK. (1975). Novye rannejurskye predstaviteli Amphiastraeina (Skleraktinii) Yugo-Vostochnogo Pamira. In: Djalilov, M.R. (Ed.), Voprosy Paleontolgii Tajikistana (in Russian). <em>Donish, Dushanbe.</em> pp. 108–118. [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 Melnikova GK, Roniewicz E. (2017). Early Jurassic corals with dominating solitary growth forms from the Kasamurg Mountains, Central Asia. <em>Palaeoworld.</em> 26 (1): 124-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2016.01.001 [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 Melnikova GK, Roniewicz E. (2017). Early Jurassic corals with dominating solitary growth forms from the Kasamurg Mountains, Central Asia. <em>Palaeoworld.</em> 26 (1): 124-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2016.01.001 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison From related genus Archaeosmilia Melnikova differs in phaceloid growth form. [details]Description Development of the septal apparatus was analysed based on multiple transverse sections, and the process illustrated in a series of the following pictures in Melnikova 1975: pl. 2: 1, 3, 4a,4б. [details]
Diagnosis : Phaceloid, increasing by lateral budding. Wall, thick, epithecal. Septa wedge-like, differentiated into three size orders distributed after six-fold symmetry; the S1 septa thick and reaching the center, but not coalescing; the S2 septa shorter and slightly thinner; the S3 septa observed in adult corallites, about one-third of the S1 in length. Endotheca made of tabuloid and vesicular dissepiments. Microstructural traces in the form of a dark mid-septal line. Septal faces smooth [details]
Remark Only the type species is known. [details]
