Scleractinia taxon details

Palaeastraea grandissima (Frech, 1890) †

1463462 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1463462)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Scleractinia suborder incertae sedis (Suborder)
  8. Coryphylliidae † (Family)
  9. Palaeastraea † (Genus)
  10. Palaeastraea grandissima † (Species)
accepted
Species
Palaeastraea Kühn, 1936 †
Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech, 1890 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Thigmastrea grandissima (Frech, 1890) † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech, 1890 †) Frech F. (1890). Die Korallen der Trias. I. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 37: 1-116, pls 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33297967 [details] 
Lectotype  (of Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech, 1890)...  
Lectotype (of Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech, 1890) BSPG AS XII 28 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Palaeastraea grandissima (Frech, 1890) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1463462 on 2026-09-05
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original description (of Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech, 1890 †) Frech F. (1890). Die Korallen der Trias. I. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 37: 1-116, pls 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33297967 [details] 

additional source Fantini Sestini N, Motta E. (1984). I coralli del calcare di zu (Triassico superiore) della Lombardia (Italia). <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologiia e Stratigrafia, Milano.</em> 89 (3): 343–376, pls. 28-31. [details] 

new combination reference Morycowa E. (2013). Cretaceous scleractinian coral Preverastraeopsis gen. n. from Central Greece. <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia.</em> 119 (2): 199-203. [details] 
Lectotype (of Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech, 1890) BSPG AS XII 28 [details]

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