Scleractinia taxon details
Simplexastraea Eliášová, 1976 †
1438061 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438061)
accepted
Genus
Simplexastraea archaea Eliášová, 1976 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Eliášová H. (1976). Les coraux de l'ordre Hexanthiniaria Montanaro Gallitelli, 1975, Zoantharia de Blainville, 1830 dans les calcaires de Štramberk (Tithonien, Tchécoslovaquie). <em>Vestnik Ústøedniho Ústavu Geologického.</em> 51: 357-366, pls. 1-4. [details]
Description Phaceloid corallum with corallites oval in section. Increase intramural, fissiparous , generally, at the ends of the longer...
Status The genus was placed with a question mark in the Amphiastreidae by Stolarski and Russo (2001) and in a “incertae...
Description Phaceloid corallum with corallites oval in section. Increase intramural, fissiparous , generally, at the ends of the longer axis. Radial elements are compact septa s.s., mostly attenuated, the cardinal septum the longest of all and the remaining septa differentiated in length in two size orders. No pali. Microstructure unknown. Bilateral symmetry marked all along the growth. No columella. Endotheca made of tabulae. No synapticulae. Pachythecal wall [details]
Status The genus was placed with a question mark in the Amphiastreidae by Stolarski and Russo (2001) and in a “incertae...
Status The genus was placed with a question mark in the Amphiastreidae by Stolarski and Russo (2001) and in a “incertae family” by Kolodziej (2003) [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Simplexastraea Eliášová, 1976 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438061 on 2025-05-07
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Eliášová H. (1976). Les coraux de l'ordre Hexanthiniaria Montanaro Gallitelli, 1975, Zoantharia de Blainville, 1830 dans les calcaires de Štramberk (Tithonien, Tchécoslovaquie). <em>Vestnik Ústøedniho Ústavu Geologického.</em> 51: 357-366, pls. 1-4. [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]
additional source Kołodziej B. (2003). Scleractinian corals of suborders Pachythecaliina and Rhipidogyrina: discussion on similarities and description of species from Stramberk-type limestones, Polish Outer Carpathians. <em>Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae.</em> 73(3): 193-217. [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]
additional source Kołodziej B. (2003). Scleractinian corals of suborders Pachythecaliina and Rhipidogyrina: discussion on similarities and description of species from Stramberk-type limestones, Polish Outer Carpathians. <em>Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae.</em> 73(3): 193-217. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Simplexastraea is distinguished from Carolastraea mainly by the structure of the wall (double layer with invaginations in the latter) [details]Description Phaceloid corallum with corallites oval in section. Increase intramural, fissiparous , generally, at the ends of the longer axis. Radial elements are compact septa s.s., mostly attenuated, the cardinal septum the longest of all and the remaining septa differentiated in length in two size orders. No pali. Microstructure unknown. Bilateral symmetry marked all along the growth. No columella. Endotheca made of tabulae. No synapticulae. Pachythecal wall [details]
Remark Only one nominal species described up to now. The assignation of the ? Carolastraea of Melnikova et Roniewicz 1976 from the Callovian of Pamir to Simplexastraea is still doubtful [details]
Status The genus was placed with a question mark in the Amphiastreidae by Stolarski and Russo (2001) and in a “incertae family” by Kolodziej (2003) [details]
