Scleractinia name details
Adelastrea Reuss, 1854 †
1581518 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581518)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Adelastrea leptophylla Reuss, 1854 † accepted as Brachymeandra leptophylla (Reuss, 1854) † (type by original designation)
- Species Adelastrea leptophylla Reuss, 1854 † accepted as Brachymeandra leptophylla (Reuss, 1854) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
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] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Adelastrea Reuss, 1854 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581518 on 2026-04-28
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original description
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]
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
Remark Reuss (1854, p. 115) was of the opinion that, for linguistic reason, the genus Confusastraea d'Orbigny was invalid and, therefore, he re-named it Adelastea in order to replace the genus-name Confusastraea d'Orbigny. Later, Milne Edwards (1857) synonymized the genera Confusastraea d'Orbigny, Complexastraea d'Orbigny, and the name-replacement Adelastrea Reuss, whereas Vauhan and Wells (1943), and Wells (1956) grouped Adelastrea Reuss with Synastrea Milne Edwards and Haime. According to Alloiteau (1957) and Beauvais (1982, vol. 2, p. 47), Confusastraea d'Orbigny and Complexastraea d'Orbigny represent two different gerena, neither to which Adelastrea corresponded. Therefore, Beauvais (1982) created the genus Brachycoenia by using the type material of Adelastrea Reuss, 1854. Later, Baron-Szabo (2002) grouped the genus Brachycoenia Beauvais with the genus Brachymeandra Alloiteau (1957). [details]