Scleractinia taxon details
Bathmosmilia Alloiteau, 1958 †
1440319 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440319)
accepted
Genus
Bathmosmilia hourcqi Alloiteau, 1958 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau J. (1958). Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar. <em>Annales Géologiques de Madagascar.</em> 25: 1-218, pls 1-38. [details]
Description Solitary corallum, more or less cylindrical (with rejuvenations on the holotype and on the paratype) with a conical...
Status Bathmosmilia is considered here as a very probable junior synonym of Axosmilia
Description Solitary corallum, more or less cylindrical (with rejuvenations on the holotype and on the paratype) with a conical proximal part. Probably covered by a tectura with trabecular vertical striation crossing the growth lines. Probably originally an infundibuliform calicular platform. Elliptical corallite. Radial elements are compact bicuneiform costosepta, straight to curved according to the bilateral plan. Strong bilateral symmetry especially marked by the lamellar long columella. Larger septa are connected at the columella in depth. The maximum thickness of radial elements is not located at the wall. A rather straight mid-septal line is clearly visible and laminar layers thicken the septa especially in the maximum thickness zone of larger septa and in their inner edge where they give a club appearance. Axial symmetry difficult to decipher unambiguously in term of systems and size order. Lateral faces poorly ornamented of very small granules without a simple geometrical organisation. Endotheca made of dissepiments, steeply inclined and concave inward near the wall closer to horizontal in the axial region. Wall made of thin vertical trabeculae (as in Pleurosmilia). No synapticule, no pali. [details]
Status Bathmosmilia is considered here as a very probable junior synonym of Axosmilia
Status Bathmosmilia is considered here as a very probable junior synonym of Axosmilia [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Bathmosmilia Alloiteau, 1958 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440319 on 2025-06-03
Date
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original description
Alloiteau J. (1958). Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar. <em>Annales Géologiques de Madagascar.</em> 25: 1-218, pls 1-38. [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Description Solitary corallum, more or less cylindrical (with rejuvenations on the holotype and on the paratype) with a conical proximal part. Probably covered by a tectura with trabecular vertical striation crossing the growth lines. Probably originally an infundibuliform calicular platform. Elliptical corallite. Radial elements are compact bicuneiform costosepta, straight to curved according to the bilateral plan. Strong bilateral symmetry especially marked by the lamellar long columella. Larger septa are connected at the columella in depth. The maximum thickness of radial elements is not located at the wall. A rather straight mid-septal line is clearly visible and laminar layers thicken the septa especially in the maximum thickness zone of larger septa and in their inner edge where they give a club appearance. Axial symmetry difficult to decipher unambiguously in term of systems and size order. Lateral faces poorly ornamented of very small granules without a simple geometrical organisation. Endotheca made of dissepiments, steeply inclined and concave inward near the wall closer to horizontal in the axial region. Wall made of thin vertical trabeculae (as in Pleurosmilia). No synapticule, no pali. [details]Status Bathmosmilia is considered here as a very probable junior synonym of Axosmilia [details]
