Scleractinia taxon details
Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) Tomes, 1888
1581605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581605)
accepted
Subgenus
Heterastraea Tomes, 1888 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) gracilis (Roniewicz, 1974) †
- Species Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) microcalix Boivin, Lathuilière & Martine, 2025 †
- Species Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) morencyana (Terquem & Piette, 1865) †
- Species Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) rhaetica (Tomes, 1903) †
- Species Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) tomesii (Duncan, 1868) †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Heterastraea Tomes, 1888 †) Tomes RF. (1888). On Heterastraea, a new genus of Madreporaria from the Lower Lias. <em>Geological Magazine, Decade III,.</em> 5: 207-218. [details]
Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal infundibuliform corallites. No holotheca. Intracalicinal septal increase. Radial...
Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal infundibuliform corallites. No holotheca. Intracalicinal septal increase. Radial elements are septa s.s. compact, mostly free, anastomosing occasionally in the center, of a rather constant thickness, straight or curved, sometimes lonsdaleoid. Often big lonely or scarce teeth at the distal inner edge. Lateral faces are smooth or with subvertical ridges. Microstructure non trabecular. No real pali but often these teeth. Hexameral symmetry cannot be deciphered, bilateral symmetry linked with intracalicular increase and characterised by elongation of calices and curvature of septa. Abundant endotheca made of tabulae, tabuloid and vesicular dissepiments forming a distally concave floor in the centers, Axial zone with a poorly defined fossa or occupied by anastomosing septa. Synapticulae absent. Wall well defined with a cutting edge, often structured with a median line and in continuity with septa. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Lepidophyllia (Heterastraea) Tomes, 1888. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581605 on 2026-07-03
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(of Heterastraea Tomes, 1888 †) Tomes RF. (1888). On Heterastraea, a new genus of Madreporaria from the Lower Lias. <em>Geological Magazine, Decade III,.</em> 5: 207-218. [details]
additional source Boivin, S.; Lathuilière, B.; Martini, R. (2025). Coral biodiversity from Morocco after the End-Triassic mass extinction. <em>BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin.</em> 196: 6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2024027 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boivin, S.; Gretz, M.; Lathuilière, B.; Olivier, N.; Bartolini, A.; Martini, R. (2018). Coral- and oyster-microbialite patch reefs in the aftermath of the Triassic–Jurassic biotic crisis (Sinemurian, Southeast France). <em>Swiss Journal of Geosciences.</em> 111(3): 537-548., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-018-0310-y [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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]
additional source Boivin, S.; Lathuilière, B.; Martini, R. (2025). Coral biodiversity from Morocco after the End-Triassic mass extinction. <em>BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin.</em> 196: 6., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2024027 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boivin, S.; Gretz, M.; Lathuilière, B.; Olivier, N.; Bartolini, A.; Martini, R. (2018). Coral- and oyster-microbialite patch reefs in the aftermath of the Triassic–Jurassic biotic crisis (Sinemurian, Southeast France). <em>Swiss Journal of Geosciences.</em> 111(3): 537-548., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-018-0310-y [details] Available for editors
new combination reference 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Massive cerioid corallum with polygonal infundibuliform corallites. No holotheca. Intracalicinal septal increase. Radial elements are septa s.s. compact, mostly free, anastomosing occasionally in the center, of a rather constant thickness, straight or curved, sometimes lonsdaleoid. Often big lonely or scarce teeth at the distal inner edge. Lateral faces are smooth or with subvertical ridges. Microstructure non trabecular. No real pali but often these teeth. Hexameral symmetry cannot be deciphered, bilateral symmetry linked with intracalicular increase and characterised by elongation of calices and curvature of septa. Abundant endotheca made of tabulae, tabuloid and vesicular dissepiments forming a distally concave floor in the centers, Axial zone with a poorly defined fossa or occupied by anastomosing septa. Synapticulae absent. Wall well defined with a cutting edge, often structured with a median line and in continuity with septa. [details]Remark 13 nominal species in Early Jurassic. In a recent paper Gretz et al (2013)include two subgenera within the genus Lepidophyllia: Lepidophyllia and Heterastraea. [details]
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