Scleractinia taxon details
Thamnasteriamorpha Melnikova, 1971 †
1438176 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438176)
accepted
Genus
Thamnastraea frechi Volz, 1896 † accepted as Thamnasteria frechi (Volz, 1896) † (type by original designation)
Thamnotropis Cuif, 1975 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Melnikova GK. (1971). New data on the morphology, microstructure and systematics of the Late Triassic Thamnasteroidea [In Russian]. <em>Paleontologičeskij žurnal.</em> 2: 21-35, 2 pls. [details]
Description Morphology described in Volz 1896. Microstructure of T. frechi Volz was characterized and illustrated by Cuif, 1976: 121-...
Status Thamnotropis Cuif, 1975 is objective junior synonym
Description Morphology described in Volz 1896. Microstructure of T. frechi Volz was characterized and illustrated by Cuif, 1976: 121- 124,pl.18,figs 1-4, text-fig.20. [details]
Status Thamnotropis Cuif, 1975 is objective junior synonym
Status Thamnotropis Cuif, 1975 is objective junior synonym [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Thamnasteriamorpha Melnikova, 1971 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438176 on 2025-05-14
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original description
Melnikova GK. (1971). New data on the morphology, microstructure and systematics of the Late Triassic Thamnasteroidea [In Russian]. <em>Paleontologičeskij žurnal.</em> 2: 21-35, 2 pls. [details]
original description (of Thamnotropis Cuif, 1975 †) Cuif JP. (1975). Caractères morphologiques, microstructuraux et systématiques des Pachythecalidae, nouvelle famille de Madréporaires triasiques. <em>Geobios.</em> 8: 157-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0016-6995(75)80035-0 [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]
additional source Melnikova, G. K. (1975). Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs. Pozdnetryasovye skleraktinii yugo-vostochnogo Pamira [Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs], 236 pp., 38 pls. [details]
original description (of Thamnotropis Cuif, 1975 †) Cuif JP. (1975). Caractères morphologiques, microstructuraux et systématiques des Pachythecalidae, nouvelle famille de Madréporaires triasiques. <em>Geobios.</em> 8: 157-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0016-6995(75)80035-0 [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]
additional source Melnikova, G. K. (1975). Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs. Pozdnetryasovye skleraktinii yugo-vostochnogo Pamira [Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs], 236 pp., 38 pls. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison In colony structure Thamnasteriamorpha resembles Periseris Ferry and Astraeomorpha Reuss. It differs from Periseris elegantula in perfectly compact septa, in mode extracalicular of colony increase, but essentially differs in trabecular dimensions approximately three times thinner than those in the latter. In regular distribution of continuous menianes having margins directed upward it resembles Astraeomorpha, from which differs in thin septal blade (between the menianes), and in bicostoseptal type of radial elements. [details]Description Morphology described in Volz 1896. Microstructure of T. frechi Volz was characterized and illustrated by Cuif, 1976: 121- 124,pl.18,figs 1-4, text-fig.20. [details]
Diagnosis Thamnasterioid. Radial elements of biseptal type a/o bicostoseptal type. Menianes continuous, with borders directed upwards. Wall lacking. Columella styliform. Synapticulae present. Dissepiments vesicular. Epitheca (holotheca) present. Trabeculae of (80)-100-130)µm in diameter. [details]
Remark From three species originaly considered to be Thamnasteriamorpha, only the type species represents the genus. Two others were transmitted to a new genus, Afghanastraea Melnikova, 1987. described. [details]
Status Thamnotropis Cuif, 1975 is objective junior synonym [details]
