Scleractinia name details
Heterastraea Tomes, 1888 †
1455219 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1455219)
unaccepted > superseded rank
Genus
Isastrea tomesii Duncan, 1868 † accepted as Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) tomesii (Duncan, 1868) † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Heterastraea gracilis (Roniewicz, 1974) † accepted as Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) gracilis (Roniewicz, 1974) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Heterastraea rhaetica Tomes, 1903 † accepted as Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) rhaetica (Tomes, 1903) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Heterastraea tomesii (Duncan, 1868) † accepted as Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) tomesii (Duncan, 1868) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Tomes RF. (1888). On Heterastraea, a new genus of Madreporaria from the Lower Lias. <em>Geological Magazine, Decade III,.</em> 5: 207-218. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Heterastraea Tomes, 1888 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1455219 on 2026-07-16
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Tomes RF. (1888). On Heterastraea, a new genus of Madreporaria from the Lower Lias. <em>Geological Magazine, Decade III,.</em> 5: 207-218. [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 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]
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