Scleractinia taxon details
Protoheterastraea Wells, 1937 †
1439696 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439696)
accepted
Genus
Hexastraea leonhardi Volz, 1896 † accepted as Protoheterastraea leonhardi (Volz, 1896) † (type by original designation)
Hexastraea Volz, 1896 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Wells JW. (1937). New genera of Mesozoic and Cenozoic corals. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 11: 73-77. [details]
Description Morphology was described by Volz 1896 and, recently, by Roniewicz and Michalik 2002 with illustrations of the...
Status The new name p.p. replaced Hexastraea Volz, 1890, which is junior homonym of Hexastraea Bellardi, 1871 in Sismonda
Description Morphology was described by Volz 1896 and, recently, by Roniewicz and Michalik 2002 with illustrations of the microstructure of septa of the type material. [details]
Status The new name p.p. replaced Hexastraea Volz, 1890, which is junior homonym of Hexastraea Bellardi, 1871 in Sismonda
Status The new name p.p. replaced Hexastraea Volz, 1890, which is junior homonym of Hexastraea Bellardi, 1871 in Sismonda [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Protoheterastraea Wells, 1937 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439696 on 2025-05-12
Date
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original description
Wells JW. (1937). New genera of Mesozoic and Cenozoic corals. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 11: 73-77. [details]
original description (of Hexastraea Volz, 1896 †) Volz W. (1896). Die Korallenfauna der Trias. II. Die Korallen der Schichten von St. Cassian in Süd Tirol. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 443: 1-124, pls. 1-11. [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]
original description (of Hexastraea Volz, 1896 †) Volz W. (1896). Die Korallenfauna der Trias. II. Die Korallen der Schichten von St. Cassian in Süd Tirol. <em>Palaeontographica.</em> 443: 1-124, pls. 1-11. [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
Comparison The genus, for its regular hexameral septal apparatus, tabular endotheca, microstructural features such as straight midseptal zone with well individualized centers and thick septal and wall stereome organized in fascicles, is not comparable to other taxa described so far. [details]Description Morphology was described by Volz 1896 and, recently, by Roniewicz and Michalik 2002 with illustrations of the microstructure of septa of the type material. [details]
Diagnosis Solitary. Septal apparatus regular, hexameral. Radial elements differentiated into four size orders with the strongest S1 septa. Lateral septal faces covered with small and abundant granulations. Mid-septal zone straight with discernible centers. Septal lateral stereome differentiated into fascicles of fibres. Endotheca tabular. Epithecal stereome thick, partly radial, partly differentiated into large, irregular fascicles of fibres. [details]
Remark Only the type species is known. Other corals described so far under generic name of Protoheterastraea need revision. [details]
Status The new name p.p. replaced Hexastraea Volz, 1890, which is junior homonym of Hexastraea Bellardi, 1871 in Sismonda [details]
