WoRMS taxon details
Phyllocoeniidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Paris: Masson.</em> 539–684, pls. 1-10. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Phyllocoeniidae Alloiteau, 1952 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1579806 on 2024-05-03
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original description
Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. <em>In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Paris: Masson.</em> 539–684, pls. 1-10. [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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Colonial, massive. Gemmation extracalicinal. Corallites cylindrical to elliptical, generally united by a perithecal wall. Septa costate, compact, formed by simple divergent trabeculae, septal margins covered by small, rounded denticles, septal flanks are ornamented with granules that are alinged in thin rows that are sub-perpendicular to the distal bord. Endothecal dissepiments vesicular, numerous, thin. Columella essential or parietal and rudimentary. Wall parathecal. [a subfamily of Phyllocoeniinae; see Alloiteau, 1952, p. 633] [details]
