Scleractinia taxon details
Margarophylliidae Cuif, 1977 †
Margarophylliidae Beauvais, 1981 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Margarophylliinae Cuif, 1977 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Distichomeandra Cuif, 1976 †
- Genus Margarastraea Frech, 1896 †
- Genus Margarophyllia Volz, 1896 †
- Genus Margarosmilia Volz, 1896 †
- Genus Semidistichophyllum Deng Zhan-qiu & Kong Lei, 1984 †
- Genus Thamnomagarosmilia Melnikova, 1996 †
- Subfamily Margarophylliinae Cuif, 1977 † accepted as Margarophylliidae Cuif, 1977 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Cuif, J.P. (1977). Arguments pour une relation phylétique entre les Madréporaires paléozoïques et ceux du Trias. Implications systématiques et l'analyse microstructurale des Madréporaires triasiques. <em>Mémoires dela Société Géologique de France n.s.</em> 56 (129): 1–54. [details]
Status nomen correctum ex “groupe Margarophyllia” Cuif, 1977, spelling corrected Roniewicz 1989: 24 into subfamily...
Status nomen correctum ex “groupe Margarophyllia” Cuif, 1977, spelling corrected Roniewicz 1989: 24 into subfamily Margarophylliinae Cuif, 1977 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Margarophylliidae Cuif, 1977 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1579814 on 2024-04-24
original description
Cuif, J.P. (1977). Arguments pour une relation phylétique entre les Madréporaires paléozoïques et ceux du Trias. Implications systématiques et l'analyse microstructurale des Madréporaires triasiques. <em>Mémoires dela Société Géologique de France n.s.</em> 56 (129): 1–54. [details]
original description (of Margarophylliidae Beauvais, 1981 †) Beauvais L. (1981). Sur la taxinomie des Madréporaires mésozoïques. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 25 (3-4): 345-360,. [details]
original description (of Margarophylliidae Beauvais, 1981 †) Beauvais L. (1981). Sur la taxinomie des Madréporaires mésozoïques. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 25 (3-4): 345-360,. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Solitary, phaceloid or cerioid-meandroid; increase intracalicular, without connection between centers, or with lamellar connections; radial elements of costoseptal type; midseptal zone straight, rarely zigzag; lateral, subvertical folds, which are symmetrically distributed on the septal sides, rarely alternating, thick granules form singular rows along the folds; distal border with granules in a straight row or alternating; endotheca dissepimental; wall epithecal, pellicular. [details]Status nomen correctum ex “groupe Margarophyllia” Cuif, 1977, spelling corrected Roniewicz 1989: 24 into subfamily Margarophylliinae Cuif, 1977 [details]