Scleractinia taxon details
Brachymeandra Alloiteau, 1957 †
1462523 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1462523)
accepted
Genus
Brachymeandra delphinensis Alloiteau, 1957 † (type by original designation)
Adelastraea Reuss, 1854 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Adelastrea Reuss, 1854 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Brachycoenia M. Beauvais, 1982 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Confusastrea (Adelastraea) Reuss, 1865 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Brachymeandra Alloiteau, 1957 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1462523 on 2026-04-30
original description
Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
original description (of Adelastraea Reuss, 1854 †) Reuss, A. E. (1854). Beiträge zur Charakteristik der Kreideschichten in den Ostalpen, besonders im Gosauthale und am Wolfgangsee. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschafliche Classe.</em> 7: 1-156, errata, pls 1-31. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6343979 [details]
original description (of Brachycoenia M. Beauvais, 1982 †) Beauvais M. (1982). Révision systématique des madréporaires des Couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche), Sous-ordres Archaeocoeniina, Stylinina, Astraeoina, Meandriina,Caryophilliina: 1-256; 2, Sous-ordre Fungiina: 1-277; 3,Sous-ordre Heterocoeniina, sous-classe Octocorallia, classeHydrozoa: 1-177; 4, Atlas photographies: 11-71, pls., 1- 71;5, Atlas figures (not paginated). Travaux du Laboratoire depaléontologie des invertébrés. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Invertébrés.</em> 2: 1-278. [details]
original description (of Adelastrea Reuss, 1854 †) Reuss, A. E. (1854). Beiträge zur Charakteristik der Kreideschichten in den Ostalpen, besonders im Gosauthale und am Wolfgangsee. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschafliche Classe.</em> 7: 1-156, errata, pls 1-31. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6343979 [details]
original description (of Adelastraea Reuss, 1854 †) Reuss, A. E. (1854). Beiträge zur Charakteristik der Kreideschichten in den Ostalpen, besonders im Gosauthale und am Wolfgangsee. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschafliche Classe.</em> 7: 1-156, errata, pls 1-31. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6343979 [details]
original description (of Brachycoenia M. Beauvais, 1982 †) Beauvais M. (1982). Révision systématique des madréporaires des Couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche), Sous-ordres Archaeocoeniina, Stylinina, Astraeoina, Meandriina,Caryophilliina: 1-256; 2, Sous-ordre Fungiina: 1-277; 3,Sous-ordre Heterocoeniina, sous-classe Octocorallia, classeHydrozoa: 1-177; 4, Atlas photographies: 11-71, pls., 1- 71;5, Atlas figures (not paginated). Travaux du Laboratoire depaléontologie des invertébrés. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Invertébrés.</em> 2: 1-278. [details]
original description (of Adelastrea Reuss, 1854 †) Reuss, A. E. (1854). Beiträge zur Charakteristik der Kreideschichten in den Ostalpen, besonders im Gosauthale und am Wolfgangsee. <em>Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenschafliche Classe.</em> 7: 1-156, errata, pls 1-31. Wien., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6343979 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Colonial, massive, thamnasterioid, plocoid to submeandroid superficially. Budding intracalicular. Costosepta subcompact, subconfluent or confluent. Marginally beaded, finely granulated laterally. Columella parietal-papillose. Paliform structures present. Synapticulae abundant. Endothecal dissepiments thin, subtabulate. Perithecal wall can be present. Generally no wall between the calices. [details]Remark Based on the species Adelastraea leptophylla Reuss, 1854, M. Beauvais (1982, vol. 2, p. 47) created the genus Brachycoenia, which differs only slightly from the genus Brachymeandra Alloiteau. Beauvais mentioned the existence of paliform structures in Brachymeandra as the main difference between the two genera. However, later investigations of the type material of Brachycoenia (Baron-Szabo, 2002 and 2003) revealed the occasional existence of paliform structures. Therefore, the separation of these taxa does not seem justified. [details]
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