Scleractinia taxon details
Cerioheterastraea Cuif, 1976 †
1581218 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581218)
accepted
Genus
Cerioheterastraea cerioidea Cuif, 1976 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cuif, J.-P. (1976). Recherches sur les Madreporaires du Trias IV. Formes cerio-meandroides et thamnasteroides du Trias des Alpes et du Taurus sudanatolien. <em>Sciences de la Terre.</em> 53, 65-195. [details]
Description Microstructure of the type species described and figured in Cuif 1976:129,text-fig.18, pl.14,fig.1,2.
Description Microstructure of the type species described and figured in Cuif 1976:129,text-fig.18, pl.14,fig.1,2. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cerioheterastraea Cuif, 1976 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581218 on 2026-05-11
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original description
Cuif, J.-P. (1976). Recherches sur les Madreporaires du Trias IV. Formes cerio-meandroides et thamnasteroides du Trias des Alpes et du Taurus sudanatolien. <em>Sciences de la Terre.</em> 53, 65-195. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
From editor or global species database
Comparison The genus is incomparable in its fibrous microstructure of septa and wall to other cerioid corals. [details]Description Microstructure of the type species described and figured in Cuif 1976:129,text-fig.18, pl.14,fig.1,2. [details]
Diagnosis Cerioid, calices prismatic. Endotheca dissepimental. Increase by division with dividing wall initiated by septa.The wall with a mid-line, its stereome composed of fascicles of fibres. Radial elements originating from particular structural elements of the wall (thecal fascicles). Peripheral part of the radial element, named intermediate zone, shows a row of small centers at the middle. The remainder part, or septal zone, divided into segments each having mid-septal line and lateral fibres poorly differentiated into the fascicles. [details]
Remark Only one species is known. [details]
