Scleractinia name details
Coenotheca Quenstedt, 1879 †
1581336 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581336)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Coenotheca zolleriana Quenstedt, 1879 † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Coenotheca zolleriana Quenstedt, 1879 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Description Colonial corallum with few mouths. The structure is mainly thamnasterioid but a preliminary wall can be erected. Lower...
Status Coenotheca is often treated as a junior synonym of Montlivaltia. It is a transitory morphogenus between Montlivaltia and...
Description Colonial corallum with few mouths. The structure is mainly thamnasterioid but a preliminary wall can be erected. Lower surface with costae. Radial elements compact free exsert costosepta, bicuneiform, straight or curved. Distal edge with rhomboidal equal regular teeth, inner edge free and dentate, lateral faces with carinae arranged in a fan system. No palis. Microstructure montlivaltid. Hexameral symmetry not deciphered, bilateral symmetry marked by curvature of septa and the elongation of the distinct fossa. Endotheca of vesicular dissepiments. No columella, no synapticulae. Wall near the periphery of the corallum and nearly absent between corallites, paraseptothecal in nature. [details]
Status Coenotheca is often treated as a junior synonym of Montlivaltia. It is a transitory morphogenus between Montlivaltia and...
Status Coenotheca is often treated as a junior synonym of Montlivaltia. It is a transitory morphogenus between Montlivaltia and Thecosmilia or Montlivaltia and Complexastrea. For more details see Lathuilière, 1996, 1996. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Coenotheca Quenstedt, 1879 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581336 on 2026-06-16
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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]
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Description Colonial corallum with few mouths. The structure is mainly thamnasterioid but a preliminary wall can be erected. Lower surface with costae. Radial elements compact free exsert costosepta, bicuneiform, straight or curved. Distal edge with rhomboidal equal regular teeth, inner edge free and dentate, lateral faces with carinae arranged in a fan system. No palis. Microstructure montlivaltid. Hexameral symmetry not deciphered, bilateral symmetry marked by curvature of septa and the elongation of the distinct fossa. Endotheca of vesicular dissepiments. No columella, no synapticulae. Wall near the periphery of the corallum and nearly absent between corallites, paraseptothecal in nature. [details]Status Coenotheca is often treated as a junior synonym of Montlivaltia. It is a transitory morphogenus between Montlivaltia and Thecosmilia or Montlivaltia and Complexastrea. For more details see Lathuilière, 1996, 1996. [details]
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