Scleractinia name details

Agaricia elegantula d'Orbigny, 1850 †

Lectotype of the type species of Periseris
Lectotype of the type species of Periseris

1441901  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1441901)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Agariciidae (Family)
  9. Agaricia (Genus)
  10. Agaricia elegantula † (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373 [details] 
Lectotype  MNHN A26574, verbatimGeounit Bajocian (Middle...  
Lectotype MNHN A26574, verbatimGeounit Bajocian (Middle Jur... [details]
, Note Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) from Langres (Haute...  
Type locality Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) from Langres (Haute Marne; France) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Agaricia elegantula d'Orbigny, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1441901 on 2026-06-14
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original description Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 1</i>. LX + 394 pp. Paris: Masson ["1849"; published January 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31705373 [details] 

basis of record Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
Lectotype MNHN A26574, verbatimGeounit Bajocian (Middle Jur... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) from Langres (Haute Marne; France) [details]
From editor or global species database

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