Scleractinia taxon details
Phyllastraea de Fromentel, 1879 †
1510792 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1510792)
accepted
Genus
Phyllastraea hippuritorum de Fromentel, 1879 † (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Fromentel, E. de. (1862-1887). Zoophytes, Terrains Crétacés. In: d'Orbigny, A. de (Ed.): Paléontologie Française (1862: 1-144, pls. 1-36; 1863: 145-288, pls. 37-72; 1867: 289-336, pls. 73-86; 1870: 337-384, pls. 87-96; 1873: 385-432, pls. 97-108; 1877: 433-480, pls. 109-120; 1879: 481-512, pls. 121-132; 1883: 513-528, pls. 133-144; 1884: 529-560, pls. 145-156; 1886: 561-608, pls. 157-180; 1887: 609-624, pls. 181-192),. <em>Paris: Masson.</em> 8: 1-624, pls. 1-192. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Phyllastraea de Fromentel, 1879 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510792 on 2026-06-16
original description
Fromentel, E. de. (1862-1887). Zoophytes, Terrains Crétacés. In: d'Orbigny, A. de (Ed.): Paléontologie Française (1862: 1-144, pls. 1-36; 1863: 145-288, pls. 37-72; 1867: 289-336, pls. 73-86; 1870: 337-384, pls. 87-96; 1873: 385-432, pls. 97-108; 1877: 433-480, pls. 109-120; 1879: 481-512, pls. 121-132; 1883: 513-528, pls. 133-144; 1884: 529-560, pls. 145-156; 1886: 561-608, pls. 157-180; 1887: 609-624, pls. 181-192),. <em>Paris: Masson.</em> 8: 1-624, pls. 1-192. [details]
basis of record Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Löser H. (2012). Revision of the family Hemiporitidae (Scleractinia, Late Cretaceous). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 34(2): 399-407., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/g2012n2a8 [details]
basis of record Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Löser H. (2012). Revision of the family Hemiporitidae (Scleractinia, Late Cretaceous). <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 34(2): 399-407., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/g2012n2a8 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark In addition to being the junior homonyn of Phyllastraea Dana 1846-1849, Phyllastraea de Fromentel represents a junior synonym of Agathelia Reuss, 1854. [details]
