Scleractinia taxon details
Palaeastraea Kühn, 1936 †
1440132 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440132)
accepted
Genus
Thecosmilia caryophylloides Frech, 1890 † accepted as Palaeastraea caryophylloides (Frech, 1890) † (type by subsequent designation)
Palaeoastrea Kühn, 1826 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Phyllocoenia Frech, 1890 † · unaccepted > junior homonym
Thigmastrea Wells, 1937 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Palaeastraea caryophylloides (Frech, 1890) †
- Species Palaeastraea grandissima (Frech, 1890) †
- Species Palaeastraea granulata Cuif, 1976 †
- Species Palaeastraea iljinae Melnikova, 1975 †
- Species Palaeastraea kokeni (Frech, 1890) †
- Species Palaeastraea lepidoides (Trauth, 1911) †
- Species Palaeastraea mandrakiensis Turnšek & Senowbari-Daryan, 1994 †
- Species Palaeastraea minima Cuif, 1976 †
- Species Palaeastraea shimokeiensis (Eguchi, 1951) †
- Species Palaeastraea nannodes (Felix, 1891) † accepted as Pachyphyllia nannodes (Felix, 1891) † (changed combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Kühn O. (1936). Beschreibung der Korallen. In: Heritsch, F. and Kühn, O., Geschiebe von Triaskorallen vom Plabutsch bei Graz. <em>Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark.</em> 73: 19-29, pl. 11., available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=28621 [details]
Status The type species of the genus was classified (Frech 1890: 12 and 31) partly in Thecosmilia Milne Edwards et Haime, 1848,...
Status The type species of the genus was classified (Frech 1890: 12 and 31) partly in Thecosmilia Milne Edwards et Haime, 1848, and partly in Phyllocoenia Milne Edwards et Haime, 1848, because of different state of preservation of the samples. Junior synonym: genus Thigmastrea Wells, 1937: 76 (type species: Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Palaeastraea Kühn, 1936 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440132 on 2025-05-13
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Kühn O. (1936). Beschreibung der Korallen. In: Heritsch, F. and Kühn, O., Geschiebe von Triaskorallen vom Plabutsch bei Graz. <em>Mitteilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines für Steiermark.</em> 73: 19-29, pl. 11., available online at http://www.landesmuseum.at/datenbanken/digilit/?litnr=28621 [details]
original description (of Phyllocoenia Frech, 1890 †) Frech F. (1890). Die Korallen der Trias. I. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 37: 1-116, pls 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33297967 [details]
original description (of Thigmastrea Wells, 1937 †) Wells JW. (1937). New genera of Mesozoic and Cenozoic corals. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 11: 73-77. [details]
basis of record Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1956). Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> pp. F328–F440. [details]
original description (of Phyllocoenia Frech, 1890 †) Frech F. (1890). Die Korallen der Trias. I. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz. <em>Paleontographica.</em> 37: 1-116, pls 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33297967 [details]
original description (of Thigmastrea Wells, 1937 †) Wells JW. (1937). New genera of Mesozoic and Cenozoic corals. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 11: 73-77. [details]
basis of record Vaughan TW, Wells JW. (1943). Revision of the suborders, families and genera of the Scleractinia. <em>Special Papers of the Geological Society of America.</em> 44: 1-363. [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1956). Scleractinia. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> pp. F328–F440. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Close to Kuehnastraea from which it differs in a tendency to thicken the septal blades by dissepiments, and in a lack of intercorallite wall. [details]Diagnosis Colony astraeoid in type. Wall lacking. Calices convex and separated from each other by a depression. Increase intracalicular by subequivalent division without skeletal connections between centers. Radial elements exsert, nonconfluent or subconfluent, costoseptal in type, fusiform; lonsdaleoid septa present. Dissepiments small, vesicular, abundant. Thickening of septal blades by incorporation of dissepiments. Septal sides with granulation. Mid-septal zone straight, wavy or zigzag. Lateral septal stereome thick. [details]
Remark Six species in the Norian and Rhaetian of Europe and Asia. [details]
Status The type species of the genus was classified (Frech 1890: 12 and 31) partly in Thecosmilia Milne Edwards et Haime, 1848, and partly in Phyllocoenia Milne Edwards et Haime, 1848, because of different state of preservation of the samples. Junior synonym: genus Thigmastrea Wells, 1937: 76 (type species: Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech). [details]
