Scleractinia taxon details

Actinhelia elegans (Goldfuss, 1826) †

Actinhelia elegans (Goldfuss, 1826)
Actinhelia elegans (Goldfuss, 1826)

1444562  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1444562)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Actinacididae † (Family)
  8. Actinhelia † (Genus)
  9. Actinhelia elegans † (Species)
accepted
Species
Astraea elegans Goldfuss, 1826 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Astrea elegans Goldfuss, 1826 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Astraea elegans Goldfuss, 1826 †) Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Actinhelia elegans (Goldfuss, 1826) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1444562 on 2025-09-11
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original description (of Astraea elegans Goldfuss, 1826 †) Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details] 

basis of record Umbgrove JHF. (1925). De Anthozoa uit het Maastrichtsche Tufkrijt. <em>Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen.</em> 11: 84-126, pls.8-11. [details] 

new combination reference Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2</i>. 427 pp. Paris: Masson [November 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41091877 [details] 
Syntype (of Astrea elegans Goldfuss, 1826) IPB 231a and b [details]
From editor or global species database

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