Scleractinia name details
Dimorphoseris Duncan, 1872 †
1439788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439788)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Dimorphoseris oolitica Duncan, 1872 † accepted as Dimorpharaea oolitica (Duncan, 1872) † (type by monotypy)
- Species Dimorphoseris oolitica Duncan, 1872 † accepted as Dimorpharaea oolitica (Duncan, 1872) † (basionym, changed combination)
- Species Dimorphoseris tabayamensis Nishimiya & Yamagiwa, 1973 † accepted as Dimorpharaea tabayamensis (Nishimiya & Yamagiwa, 1973) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Duncan PM. (1872). A monograph of the British fossil corals. Second series. Part III. Corals from the oolitic strata. <em>Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 26: 1-24, pl. 21-27., available online at http://archive.org/details/monographof261872pala [details]
Description Massive dimorphastreoid massive corallum. Lower surface without holotheca (or holotheca incomplete and badly preserved),...
Description Massive dimorphastreoid massive corallum. Lower surface without holotheca (or holotheca incomplete and badly preserved), subequal costae. Radial elements are compact or subcompact (?) free or anastomosed, subequal, straight to curved, rather constant in thickness. The ornamentation is typically pennular with pennular edge toothed and turned distally and with a good alternation in level of pennulae and discontinuous menianae. Distal edge moniliform with regular elliptical teeth, inner edge attenuated No pali. Hexameral symmetry hypothetically deciphered in the mother corallite, bilateral symmetry characterised by the curvature of septa in daughter corallites. Abundant endotheca made of dissepiments Axial zone with a small fossa, synapticulae probably present, No wall. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dimorphoseris Duncan, 1872 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439788 on 2025-05-04
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Duncan PM. (1872). A monograph of the British fossil corals. Second series. Part III. Corals from the oolitic strata. <em>Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 26: 1-24, pl. 21-27., available online at http://archive.org/details/monographof261872pala [details]
source of synonymy Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
source of synonymy Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Like Periseris but without columella and with a poorly developed holotheca. Like Dimorpharaea but without pores. Like Protoseris but with a distinct fossa. [details]Description Massive dimorphastreoid massive corallum. Lower surface without holotheca (or holotheca incomplete and badly preserved), subequal costae. Radial elements are compact or subcompact (?) free or anastomosed, subequal, straight to curved, rather constant in thickness. The ornamentation is typically pennular with pennular edge toothed and turned distally and with a good alternation in level of pennulae and discontinuous menianae. Distal edge moniliform with regular elliptical teeth, inner edge attenuated No pali. Hexameral symmetry hypothetically deciphered in the mother corallite, bilateral symmetry characterised by the curvature of septa in daughter corallites. Abundant endotheca made of dissepiments Axial zone with a small fossa, synapticulae probably present, No wall. [details]
Remark Five nominal species in Jurassic [details]
