Scleractinia taxon details
Plesiosiderastraea Cheshmedzhieva, 1975 †
1451994 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1451994)
accepted
Genus
Plesiosiderastraea garloica Cheshmedzhieva, 1975 † (type by monotypy)
- Species Plesiosiderastraea garloica Cheshmedzhieva, 1975 †
- Species Plesiosiderastraea tzankovi Cheshmedzhieva, 1988 † accepted as Plesiosiderastraea garloica Cheshmedzhieva, 1975 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cheshmedzhieva VL. (1975). Plesiosiderastraea garloica gen. n., sp. n. (ordre Madreporaria) du Maestrichtien de la Bulgarie du Sud-Ouest. <em>Paleontologija, Stratigrafija i Litologija.</em> 1: 33–36. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Plesiosiderastraea Cheshmedzhieva, 1975 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1451994 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
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original description
Cheshmedzhieva VL. (1975). Plesiosiderastraea garloica gen. n., sp. n. (ordre Madreporaria) du Maestrichtien de la Bulgarie du Sud-Ouest. <em>Paleontologija, Stratigrafija i Litologija.</em> 1: 33–36. [details]
basis of record Löser, H. (2016). Early evolution of the family Siderastraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous-extant). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 90 (1): 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-016-0292-x [details]
basis of record Löser, H. (2016). Early evolution of the family Siderastraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous-extant). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 90 (1): 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-016-0292-x [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark Examination of excellent photographic material provided by Jacob Leloux (Leiden) of the type material of Plesiosiderastraea garloica Cheshmedzieva and re-investigation of the syntypes of Hindeastraea discoidea White revealed that they completely correspond in all skeletal elements. Due to the small size of the syntypes of Hindeastraea discoidea White, 1888, the presence of sparse synapticulae and peripherally occurring septal pores had been overlooked for a long time. Moreover, in the type specimen of Plesiosiderastraea garloica Cheshmedzieva endothecal features are not as richly developed as stated by Cheshmedzieva (1975, p. 35), thus closely resembling the endotheca in Hindeastraea. Therefore, the two genera were considered to be synonymous (Baron-Szabo, 2008, p. 160). [details]