Scleractinia taxon details
Volzeia Cuif, 1967 †
1438065 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438065)
accepted
Genus
Thecosmilia badiotica Volz, 1896 † accepted as Volzeia badiotica (Volz, 1896) † (type by monotypy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cuif JP. (1967). Structure de quelques polypiers phacéloides triasiques. <em>Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, Series 7.</em> 8: 125-132. [details]
Description Comparisons of original thin sections from the collection of Volz (housed at MGUWr) indicate that the material described...
Description Comparisons of original thin sections from the collection of Volz (housed at MGUWr) indicate that the material described and illustrated in Cuif 1967:126, text-fig.1,pl.4,fig.1 represents Thecosmilia subdichotoma (Muenster)in Volz, not Thecosmilia badiotica Volz. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Volzeia Cuif, 1967 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438065 on 2024-04-29
Date
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original description
Cuif JP. (1967). Structure de quelques polypiers phacéloides triasiques. <em>Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, Series 7.</em> 8: 125-132. [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]
From editor or global species database
Comparison From other phaceloid corals differs in the structure, micromorphology and microstructure of septa and mode of increase. [details]Description Comparisons of original thin sections from the collection of Volz (housed at MGUWr) indicate that the material described and illustrated in Cuif 1967:126, text-fig.1,pl.4,fig.1 represents Thecosmilia subdichotoma (Muenster)in Volz, not Thecosmilia badiotica Volz. [details]
Diagnosis Phaceloid. Wall epithecal incorporating peripheral borders of septa. Increase intracalicular with a dividing wall. Radial elements costoseptal, compact. Lateral granulations sharp, provided with axes. Mid-septal zone straight, lateral stereome fibronormal. Endotheca abundant. [details]
Remark Two species. [details]