Scleractinia name details
Brachyphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952 †
1440155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440155)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Family
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. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Brachyphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440155 on 2025-09-11
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 Solitary and colonial. Budding extracalicinal and intracalicinal-marginal. Septa confluent to nonconfluent. Anastomosis absent. Septal perforations regular but rare. Axial ends of septa not dissociated. Endothecal dissepiments sparse. Synapticulae abundant. Wall synapticulothecal, incomplete. Columella well developed or rudimentary. [details]Remark According to Alloiteau (1952a, p. 671), his newly created Family Brachyphylliidae is characterized by the following features: “Solitary and colonial. Budding extracalicinal. Septal perforations numerous and regular but sparse. Axial ends of septa not dissociated. Septa nonconfluent. Anastomosis absent. Endotheca dissepiments sparse. Synapticulae abundant. Wall synapticulothecal, incomplete, poorly defined. Columella well developed or rudimentary.” However, the re-study of the nominatform of this family, Brachyphyllia Reuss, revealed that it also shows additional features like intracalicinal (-marginal) budding which subequently leads to the occurrence of confluent septa; septal axial ends that can be dissociated; frequently occurring septal anastomosis; septal pores which in some corallites occur much more frequently and irregularly, but are less abundant in others. Moreover, in many regards, the types of septal ornamentation in Brachyphyllia and Acrosmilia closely correspond to each other. Therefore, the family Brachyphylliidae has been grouped with the family Acrosmiliidae (Baron-Szabo, 2014a, p. 50). [details]