Scleractinia taxon details
Axophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849 †
1439780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439780)
accepted
Genus
Axophyllia nantuacensis d'Orbigny † (type by monotypy)
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 Massive, meandroid corallum, straight closed valleys without lamellar linkage. Tectiform collines without ambulacrum....
Description Massive, meandroid corallum, straight closed valleys without lamellar linkage. Tectiform collines without ambulacrum. Incomplete synapticulotheca. Radial elements are compact or subcompact, curved, often anastomosed (contratingent or by inner edges), probably pennular. Synapticules present, more numerous close to the wall. Styliform columella very often surrounded by small detached trabecules of major septa. Endotheca present. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Axophyllia d'Orbigny, 1849 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439780 on 2024-05-01
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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]
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 Like Microphyllia, but differing by the columella and the closed valleys. Like Comophyllia but differing by the mode of increase and arrangement of valleys. [details]Description Massive, meandroid corallum, straight closed valleys without lamellar linkage. Tectiform collines without ambulacrum. Incomplete synapticulotheca. Radial elements are compact or subcompact, curved, often anastomosed (contratingent or by inner edges), probably pennular. Synapticules present, more numerous close to the wall. Styliform columella very often surrounded by small detached trabecules of major septa. Endotheca present. [details]
Remark to establish the taxonomic validity and the independence of Axophyllia and Microphyllia needs a population approach. [details]
