Scleractinia taxon details
Siderosmilia L. Beauvais, 1986 †
1452005 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1452005)
accepted
Genus
Siderosmilia toarciensis L. Beauvais, 1986 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Beauvais L. (1986). Monographie des madréporaires du Jurassique inférieur du Maroc. <em>Palaeontographica (A).</em> 194 (1/3): 1–68. [details]
Description Phaceloid corallum with corallites isolated and subcircular or grouped in series of 2-4 calices linked with valley septa....
Status Siderastraeidae by Beauvais 1986 , Coryphyllidae by Turnsek and Kosir 2000. I place Siderosmilia with doubts in the...
Description Phaceloid corallum with corallites isolated and subcircular or grouped in series of 2-4 calices linked with valley septa. Subequal costae partly covered by a wrinkled epitheca. Intracalicular marginal increase with rejuvenescence. Radial elements are compact, non pennular costo-septa free, non confluent to confluent, bicuneiform, mostly curved but also straight, unequal. Distal edge with acute regularly spaced teeth, inner edge with small teeth, lateral faces with acute granules often prominent in symmetry on both faces of the septum. No pali. Microstructure of well centred trabecules. Radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry marked by curvature of septa and elongation of the fossa. Endotheca of thin and moderately numerous dissepiments. No columella but a small fossa. Synapticules possibly present in the construction of the wall. [details]
Status Siderastraeidae by Beauvais 1986 , Coryphyllidae by Turnsek and Kosir 2000. I place Siderosmilia with doubts in the...
Status Siderastraeidae by Beauvais 1986 , Coryphyllidae by Turnsek and Kosir 2000. I place Siderosmilia with doubts in the synonymy of the genus Thecosmilia, family of Montlivaldiidae. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Siderosmilia L. Beauvais, 1986 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452005 on 2024-04-27
Date
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original description
Beauvais L. (1986). Monographie des madréporaires du Jurassique inférieur du Maroc. <em>Palaeontographica (A).</em> 194 (1/3): 1–68. [details]
basis of record Löser, H. (2016). Early evolution of the family Siderastraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous-extant). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 90 (1): 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-016-0292-x [details]
basis of record Löser, H. (2016). Early evolution of the family Siderastraeidae (Scleractinia; Cretaceous-extant). <em>Paläontologische Zeitschrift.</em> 90 (1): 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-016-0292-x [details]
From editor or global species database
Comparison Margarosmilia lacks the lamellar linkage. Siderosmilia is very close of Thecosmilia, perhaps a particularity to produce spinose septal granules radiating in multiples directions when it is more strictly oriented perpendicularly to the septal plan in typical montlivaltids. [details]Description Phaceloid corallum with corallites isolated and subcircular or grouped in series of 2-4 calices linked with valley septa. Subequal costae partly covered by a wrinkled epitheca. Intracalicular marginal increase with rejuvenescence. Radial elements are compact, non pennular costo-septa free, non confluent to confluent, bicuneiform, mostly curved but also straight, unequal. Distal edge with acute regularly spaced teeth, inner edge with small teeth, lateral faces with acute granules often prominent in symmetry on both faces of the septum. No pali. Microstructure of well centred trabecules. Radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry marked by curvature of septa and elongation of the fossa. Endotheca of thin and moderately numerous dissepiments. No columella but a small fossa. Synapticules possibly present in the construction of the wall. [details]
Remark 3 nominal species known in Jurassic. [details]
Status Siderastraeidae by Beauvais 1986 , Coryphyllidae by Turnsek and Kosir 2000. I place Siderosmilia with doubts in the synonymy of the genus Thecosmilia, family of Montlivaldiidae. [details]
