Scleractinia taxon details
Ovalastreopsis Alloiteau, 1958 †
1581234 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581234)
accepted
Genus
Ovalastreopsis soaravikelyensis Alloiteau, 1958 † (type by original designation)
- Species Ovalastreopsis soaravikelyensis Alloiteau, 1958 † (uncertain > unassessed)
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 Massive plocoid corallum. Intracalicular increase. Corallite circular, subpolygonal or lobate, calices superficial, weakly...
Status The genus name is originally spelled Ovalastreopsis but the genus name of the type species was originally spelled...
Description Massive plocoid corallum. Intracalicular increase. Corallite circular, subpolygonal or lobate, calices superficial, weakly infundibuliform. Radial elements are compact, often curved, mostly anastomosed in a contratingent way, some major septa are free. Distal edge with sharp subregular big pyramidal or roof-shaped teeth. Lateral faces with short menianae with rims not directed upward and not very regularly alternating. Septa wider than intersepta. Endotheca of vesicular dissepiments. Central zone with a fossa or a very weak parietal columella. The peritheca is not depressed. Peritheca and walls badly preserved on the holotype; the paratype shows that laminar layers fill the intersepta near the wall. Synapticules possibly present. [details]
Status The genus name is originally spelled Ovalastreopsis but the genus name of the type species was originally spelled...
Status The genus name is originally spelled Ovalastreopsis but the genus name of the type species was originally spelled Ovalastraeopsis [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Ovalastreopsis Alloiteau, 1958 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581234 on 2025-06-05
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 Massive plocoid corallum. Intracalicular increase. Corallite circular, subpolygonal or lobate, calices superficial, weakly infundibuliform. Radial elements are compact, often curved, mostly anastomosed in a contratingent way, some major septa are free. Distal edge with sharp subregular big pyramidal or roof-shaped teeth. Lateral faces with short menianae with rims not directed upward and not very regularly alternating. Septa wider than intersepta. Endotheca of vesicular dissepiments. Central zone with a fossa or a very weak parietal columella. The peritheca is not depressed. Peritheca and walls badly preserved on the holotype; the paratype shows that laminar layers fill the intersepta near the wall. Synapticules possibly present. [details]Remark Alloiteau 1958 described numerous synapticules. It is possible but the orientation of the sections does not allow a certain distinction of this structure from dissepiments. His description of septal ornamentation and of the mural region are not convincing. One nominal species [details]
Status The genus name is originally spelled Ovalastreopsis but the genus name of the type species was originally spelled Ovalastraeopsis [details]
