Scleractinia taxon details
Polystylidium Fischer, 1965 †
1440329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440329)
accepted
Genus
Montlivaltia articulata de Fromentel & de Ferry, 1869 † accepted as Polystylidium articulatum (de Fromentel & Ferry, 1869) † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Description Solitary trochoid to ceratoid corallum covered by a striated epitheca with strong rolls. Subcircular calice. Radial...
Description Solitary trochoid to ceratoid corallum covered by a striated epitheca with strong rolls. Subcircular calice. Radial elements subcompact, attenuated, flexuous septa, often in zigzag, never exsert. In transverse section, septa are often shifted in direction on both sides of pores. Typical anastomosing pattern. Lateral faces ornamented with fine acute granules irregularly distributed. Inner edge swollen. Original columella made of several lamellar elements connected to some inner edges of septa. Long tabuloid dissepiments vertically straightened along the wall and sloping down to the centre. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Polystylidium Fischer, 1965 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440329 on 2025-05-12
Date
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basis of record
Lathuilière, B., Charbonnier, S., Pacaud, J.-M. (2017). Nomenclatural and taxonomic acts and remarks for the revision of Jurassic corals. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 89: 133–150. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Solitary trochoid to ceratoid corallum covered by a striated epitheca with strong rolls. Subcircular calice. Radial elements subcompact, attenuated, flexuous septa, often in zigzag, never exsert. In transverse section, septa are often shifted in direction on both sides of pores. Typical anastomosing pattern. Lateral faces ornamented with fine acute granules irregularly distributed. Inner edge swollen. Original columella made of several lamellar elements connected to some inner edges of septa. Long tabuloid dissepiments vertically straightened along the wall and sloping down to the centre. [details]Remark The drawing of lateral faces of septa in Fischer 1965 is highly conceptual and cannot be observed in the type material. [details]
