Scleractinia name details
Texastrea Wells, 1973 †
1581196 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581196)
accepted > nomen novum
Genus
Texastrea catenata Wells, 1973 † (type by original designation)
Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze, 1977 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Floria Turnšek & Mihajlovič, 1981 † · unaccepted > junior homonym
Floriastrea Löser, Stemann & Mitchell, 2009 † · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Texastrea catenata Wells, 1973 †
- Species Texastrea iberica (Löser, 2021) †
- Species Texastrea planinensis (Turnšek, 1981) †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Wells, J. W. (1973). Texastrea, a new scleractinian coral from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Paleontology, 47, 3: 913-914., available online at http://: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1303072 [details]
Description Colonial, cateniform (stauromatiform) growth-habit. Budding extracalicinal-lateral, producing imbricating palisades of...
Description Colonial, cateniform (stauromatiform) growth-habit. Budding extracalicinal-lateral, producing imbricating palisades of cylindrical corallites closely joined, more or less linearly. Corallites becoming prismatic and cerioid where clustered. Corallite wall septoparathecal. Septa composed of 5 or 6 simple, fused trabeculae inclined inward and upward from the wall. Columella styliform. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Texastrea Wells, 1973 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581196 on 2026-09-21
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Wells, J. W. (1973). Texastrea, a new scleractinian coral from the Lower Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Paleontology, 47, 3: 913-914., available online at http://: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1303072 [details]
original description (of Floriastrea Löser, Stemann & Mitchell, 2009 †) Löser H, Stemann TA, Mitchell S. (2009). Oldest scleractinian fauna from Jamaica (Hauterivian, Benbow Inlier). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 83(3): 333-349., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/08-060.1 [details]
original description (of Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze, 1977 †) Sikharulidze, G.Y. (1977). Rannemelovje gexacorallj groozjinskoji glibj [Lower Cretaceous hexacorals from Georgia]. <em>Paleontologiya i stratigrafiya mezozojskikh otlozhenij Gruzii. Trudy Nauchno-Issled Instituta Geologii, kademie Nauk Gruza SSR n.s. [In Zesashevili, V.I., Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Mesozoic Deposits of Gruzia], new series.</em> 58(3): 66–109. [details]
original description (of Floria Turnšek & Mihajlovič, 1981 †) Turnšek, D., Mihajlovič, M. (1981). Lower Cretaceous Cnidarians from eastern Serbia. <em>Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti (4).</em> 23: 1–54. [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]
original description (of Floriastrea Löser, Stemann & Mitchell, 2009 †) Löser H, Stemann TA, Mitchell S. (2009). Oldest scleractinian fauna from Jamaica (Hauterivian, Benbow Inlier). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 83(3): 333-349., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/08-060.1 [details]
original description (of Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze, 1977 †) Sikharulidze, G.Y. (1977). Rannemelovje gexacorallj groozjinskoji glibj [Lower Cretaceous hexacorals from Georgia]. <em>Paleontologiya i stratigrafiya mezozojskikh otlozhenij Gruzii. Trudy Nauchno-Issled Instituta Geologii, kademie Nauk Gruza SSR n.s. [In Zesashevili, V.I., Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Mesozoic Deposits of Gruzia], new series.</em> 58(3): 66–109. [details]
original description (of Floria Turnšek & Mihajlovič, 1981 †) Turnšek, D., Mihajlovič, M. (1981). Lower Cretaceous Cnidarians from eastern Serbia. <em>Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti (4).</em> 23: 1–54. [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Description Colonial, cateniform (stauromatiform) growth-habit. Budding extracalicinal-lateral, producing imbricating palisades of cylindrical corallites closely joined, more or less linearly. Corallites becoming prismatic and cerioid where clustered. Corallite wall septoparathecal. Septa composed of 5 or 6 simple, fused trabeculae inclined inward and upward from the wall. Columella styliform. [details]Diagnosis Like Actinastrea but colony often forms imbricating palisades by extracalicular-lateral budding. Corallites are prismatic and cerioid where clustered. [details]
Remark Texastrea most likely represents a morpho(sub-)genus of Actinastrea. The morphological changes are probably due to high-rate sediment influx and/or parasitic infestation (Baron-Szabo, 2014, p. 20). [details]
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