Scleractinia name details
Discosmilia Alloiteau, 1958 †
1581369 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581369)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Discosmilia analavelonensis Alloiteau, 1958 † accepted as Deltocyathus analavelonensis (Alloiteau, 1958) † (type by original designation)
- Species Discosmilia analavelonensis Alloiteau, 1958 † accepted as Deltocyathus analavelonensis (Alloiteau, 1958) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau J. (1958). Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar. <em>Annales Géologiques de Madagascar.</em> 25: 1-218, pls 1-38. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Discosmilia Alloiteau, 1958 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581369 on 2024-05-07
Date
action
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original description
Alloiteau J. (1958). Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar. <em>Annales Géologiques de Madagascar.</em> 25: 1-218, pls 1-38. [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark Alloiteau (1958, p. 196ff.) stated that the presence of a parathecal-synapticulothecal wall was one of the generic characteristics of the genus Discosmilia Alloiteau, 1958. Therefore, based on the original description, Baron-Szabo (2002, p. 172) concluded that there was a close resemblance to the genus Sakalavicyathus. However, investigation of the type material of Discosmilia revealed the absence of a parathecal-synapticulothecal wall but the existence of a rather (parathecal-) septothecal wall. Moreover, the septal arrangement seems to correspond well with that of Deltocyathus. Therefore, the assignment to the latter genus is suggested (Baron-Szabo, 2008). [details]
