Scleractinia name details

Astrea gracilis Münster, 1826 †

Holotype of Astrea gracilis, type species of the genus
Holotype of Astrea gracilis, type species of the genus

1582380  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1582380)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Merulinidae (Family)
  9. Astrea (Genus)
  10. Astrea gracilis † (Species)
 unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details] 
Holotype  BSPG AS VII 1910, verbatimGeounit Cited from...  
Holotype BSPG AS VII 1910, verbatimGeounit Cited from Upper Jur... [details]
, Note Cited from Upper Jurassic of Wurttemberg, Boll...  
Type locality Cited from Upper Jurassic of Wurttemberg, Boll but Quenstedt expressed some doubts about the locality and thought the sample comes from Nattheim. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Astrea gracilis Münster, 1826 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1582380 on 2026-06-07
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original description Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [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] 
Holotype BSPG AS VII 1910, verbatimGeounit Cited from Upper Jur... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Cited from Upper Jurassic of Wurttemberg, Boll but Quenstedt expressed some doubts about the locality and thought the sample comes from Nattheim. [details]
From editor or global species database

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