Scleractinia taxon details
Saltocyathus Morycowa & Masse, 1998 †
1438033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438033)
accepted
Genus
Saltocyathus urgonensis Morycowa & Masse, 1998 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Morycowa E, Masse J.-P. (1998). Les scléractiniaires du Barrémien-Aptien inférieur de Provence (SE de la France). <em>Geobios.</em> 31 (6): 725-766., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-6995(98)80107-1 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Saltocyathus Morycowa & Masse, 1998 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438033 on 2025-05-15
original description
Morycowa E, Masse J.-P. (1998). Les scléractiniaires du Barrémien-Aptien inférieur de Provence (SE de la France). <em>Geobios.</em> 31 (6): 725-766., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-6995(98)80107-1 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Solitary, subcylindroid-trochoid. Calice circular in outline. Calicinal pit elongate. Costosepta compact, smooth or finely granulated laterally. Lonsdaleoid septa present. Columella absent. Wall parathecal or septothecal. Endothecal dissepiments tabulate. Epitheca thin. [details]Remark Affinities: Similar to Rhipidomeandra but forms solitary corallum. [details]
