Scleractinia taxon details

Paleoastroides Chevalier, 1961 †

Paleoastroides michelini, entire corallum
Paleoastroides michelini, entire corallum

1439901  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439901)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Paleoastroides † (Genus)
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Genus
Paleoastroides michelini Chevalier, 1961 † (type by original designation)

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Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Paleoastroides Chevalier, 1961 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439901 on 2025-09-10
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original description Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details] 

additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
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Comparison Differs from Dendrophyllia in its plocoid growth form [details]

Diagnosis Calices arranged in a plocoid manner; theca costate; Pourtalès plan present, but higher order septa anastomotic; columella well developed, ribboned; paliform lobes present. [details]

Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Four exclusively fossil species. [details]
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