Scleractinia name details
Agatheliopsis Löser, 2014 †
1581529 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581529)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Agatheliopsis orientalis Loeser, 2014 † (type by original designation)
- Species Agatheliopsis orientalis Loeser, 2014 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Löser, H. (2014). Revision of the family Agatheliidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous). <em>Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen.</em> 273 (3): 299-318. [details]
Description In having 1) a porous, synapticulothecal wall; 2) costae that are present or absent; 3) corallites that are frequently...
Description In having 1) a porous, synapticulothecal wall; 2) costae that are present or absent; 3) corallites that are frequently covered by fibrose layers that are genetically unrelated to the synaticulothecal walls of the corallites; 4) branching corallite integration with subsequent development of exothecal coenosteum (=subdendroid-subfasciculate; plocoid-subcerioid generally only referring to corallite integration of individual branches); 4) an often rather large spongy columella that generally fused to axial ends of septa; and 5) septa with (rare) pores, the holotype of the type species of Agatheliopsis differs from the agatheliid type but closely corresponds to the dendrophylliid genus Tubastraea. In the nominate taxon of the family Agathelia, 1) costosepta are compact and often have strongly developed costae; 2) synapticulae are absent; 3) the corallite integration is plocoid (and not branching with subsequently developed exothecal filling); and 4) septothecal walls are with or without thick perithecal developments. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Agatheliopsis Löser, 2014 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581529 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Löser, H. (2014). Revision of the family Agatheliidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous). <em>Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen.</em> 273 (3): 299-318. [details]
source of synonymy 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]
source of synonymy 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 In having 1) a porous, synapticulothecal wall; 2) costae that are present or absent; 3) corallites that are frequently covered by fibrose layers that are genetically unrelated to the synaticulothecal walls of the corallites; 4) branching corallite integration with subsequent development of exothecal coenosteum (=subdendroid-subfasciculate; plocoid-subcerioid generally only referring to corallite integration of individual branches); 4) an often rather large spongy columella that generally fused to axial ends of septa; and 5) septa with (rare) pores, the holotype of the type species of Agatheliopsis differs from the agatheliid type but closely corresponds to the dendrophylliid genus Tubastraea. In the nominate taxon of the family Agathelia, 1) costosepta are compact and often have strongly developed costae; 2) synapticulae are absent; 3) the corallite integration is plocoid (and not branching with subsequently developed exothecal filling); and 4) septothecal walls are with or without thick perithecal developments. [details]Remark Originally, the type material of the type species of Agatheliopsis was assigned to the dendrophyllid taxon Dendrophyllia nodosa Reuss in Baron-Szabo, 2000, p. 112. While all its features (as described above) are characteristic of Dendrophyllia, the lack of septa that are developed according to Pourtales plan excludes it from the genus Dendrophyllia but closely agrees with the dendrophylliid genus Tubastraea. [details]