Scleractinia name details
Patellocyathus Reig Oriol, 1995 †
1581425 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581425)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Patellocyathus princeps Reig Oriol, 1995 † accepted as Palaeopsammia princeps (Reig Oriol, 1995) † (type by original designation)
- Species Patellocyathus princeps Reig Oriol, 1995 † accepted as Palaeopsammia princeps (Reig Oriol, 1995) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Reig Oriol, J. M. (1995). Madreporarios cretácicos. <em>Barcelona.</em> 62 pp. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Patellocyathus Reig Oriol, 1995 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581425 on 2025-09-10
Date
action
by
original description
Reig Oriol, J. M. (1995). Madreporarios cretácicos. <em>Barcelona.</em> 62 pp. [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
Remark In contast to the original description by Reig Oriol (1995, p. 22), the wall in the type material is parathecal and synapticulothecal (only parathecal according to Reig Oriol). In addition to other skeletal structures like pali that vary in number and shape, poorly developed costae, a well-developed spongy-papillose columella, vesicular endothecal dissepiments, conical-patellate shape of corallum, and the frequent merging of S4 septa with higher cycle septa, suggest that it is synonmyous with Palaeopsammia Wanner. [details]