Scleractinia name details

Confusastrea d'Orbigny, 1849 †

Original illustration of Agaricia crassa Goldfuss
Original illustration of Agaricia crassa Goldfuss

1438145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438145)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Scleractinia suborder incertae sedis (Suborder)
  8. Thecosmiliidae † (Family)
  9. Confusastrea † (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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  1. Subgenus Confusastrea (Adelastraea) Reuss, 1865 † accepted as Brachymeandra Alloiteau, 1957 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Confusastrea (Adelastraea) delicata Reuss, 1865 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
  2. Species Confusastrea borealis Smith, 1927 † accepted as Isastrea borealis (Smith, 1927) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  3. Species Confusastrea burgundiae (Blainville, 1830) † accepted as Complexastrea burgundiae (Blainville, 1830) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Confusastrea cottaldina d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Isastrea cottaldina (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Confusastrea cotteaui d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Isastrea cotteaui (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  6. Species Confusastrea crassa (Goldfuss, 1826) † accepted as Isastrea crassa (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  7. Species Confusastrea cupulina d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Isastrea cupulina (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  8. Species Confusastrea depressa Koby, 1885 † accepted as Isastrea depressa (Koby, 1885) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  9. Species Confusastrea dianthus Etallon, 1864 † accepted as Isastrea dianthus (Etallon, 1864) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  10. Species Confusastrea kobyi L. Beauvais, 1967 † accepted as Isastrea kobyi (L. Beauvais, 1967) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, homonym)
  11. Species Confusastrea leptophylla (Reuss, 1854) † accepted as Synastrea leptophylla (Reuss, 1854) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  12. Species Confusastrea obsoleta Gerth, 1921 † accepted as Confusastraraea obsoleta (Gerth, 1921) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  13. Species Confusastrea rustica (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) † accepted as Isastrea rustica (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  14. Species Confusastrea subburgundiae d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Isastrea rustica (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Confusastrea trevenini Étallon, 1859 † accepted as Isastrea trevenini (Étallon, 1859) † accepted as Complexastrea thevenini (Etallon, 1859) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1849). Note sur des Polypiers fossiles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e sér.</em> 1: 526-538. [details] 
Description Description of the lectotype: The type is a pebble in which no natural original outer limit of the fossil is visible....  
Description Description of the lectotype: The type is a pebble in which no natural original outer limit of the fossil is visible. Massive cerioid colony. Radial elements are compact, confluent to non confluent, straight to bent septa or costo-septa. The centres of corallites are strongly recystallized. Radial symmetry modified by bilateral symmetry characterized by the torsion of septa. Transverse skeletal elements occur and are interpreted rather as dissepiments than synapticules. [details]

Status The type is badly preserved and this is probably the reason why previous authors have used Isastrea, a better defined...  
Status The type is badly preserved and this is probably the reason why previous authors have used Isastrea, a better defined genus, despite the fact it is a junior synonym. This position that preserves stability was adopted in conformity with the nomenclatural code, ICZN art. 23.9.1 (see Lathuilière, Charbonnier and Pacaud 2017). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Confusastrea d'Orbigny, 1849 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438145 on 2026-09-24
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original description Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1849). Note sur des Polypiers fossiles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e sér.</em> 1: 526-538. [details] 

additional source Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details] 

additional source Étallon, M.A. (1859). Études paléontologiques sur la Haut-Jura: Rayonnés du Corallien. <em>Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation du Département du Doubs, Troisième Série.</em> 3: 401-553. [details] 

source of synonymy Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details] 

source of synonymy Vasseur, R., Lathuilière, B. (2021). Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys. <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 43(22): 1187-1291., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22 [details] 
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Comparison Many confusions were made with Complexastrea. (see this genus) [details]

Description Description of the lectotype: The type is a pebble in which no natural original outer limit of the fossil is visible. Massive cerioid colony. Radial elements are compact, confluent to non confluent, straight to bent septa or costo-septa. The centres of corallites are strongly recystallized. Radial symmetry modified by bilateral symmetry characterized by the torsion of septa. Transverse skeletal elements occur and are interpreted rather as dissepiments than synapticules. [details]

Status The type is badly preserved and this is probably the reason why previous authors have used Isastrea, a better defined genus, despite the fact it is a junior synonym. This position that preserves stability was adopted in conformity with the nomenclatural code, ICZN art. 23.9.1 (see Lathuilière, Charbonnier and Pacaud 2017). [details]
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