Scleractinia taxon details
original description
Cuif JP. (1975). Caractères morphologiques, microstructuraux et systématiques des Pachythecalidae, nouvelle famille de Madréporaires triasiques. <em>Geobios.</em> 8: 157-180., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0016-6995(75)80035-0 [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 From other solitary genus of the family, Zardinophyllum Montanaro-Gallitelli 1975, it differs not only with the corallum dimensions, but also with septal apparatus composed of numerous septa of diverse size orders. [details]
Description Complete description of the microstructure of all skeletal elements, preserved in aragonite, are to be find in Cuif 1975. A series of excellent drawings and photos of thin sections clearly characterise morphology and microstructure of P. major. [details]
Diagnosis Solitary, ceratoid with large distal diameter, lacking septa in the distal part of the calice; septal apparatus in the lower half of the corallum; symmetry radial-bilateral; six primary septa thick, incepted in pairs, the succeeding septa numerous,differentiated into 3-4 size orders; endotheca in the form of rare, tabuloid elements;wall thick, named pachytheca, made of regular modules in the form of centered bundles of fibers growing centripetally. [details]
Remark This genus was monographed by Cuif 1975. Only one, Early Norian species from Turkey is known. [details]
Status classified by Cuif 1975 in the family Pachythecalidae, junior synonym of the family Zardinophyllidae Montanaro-Gallitelli, 1975 [details]
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