Marine Species Traits - Guembelastraeidae Cuif, 1977 †

Scleractinia taxon details

Guembelastraeidae Cuif, 1977 †

AphiaID

1439861 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439861)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Scleractinia

Synonymised names

Guembelastraeidae Melnikova, 1984 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (homonymy)

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Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

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]

Descriptive notes

Status nomen correctum ex “groupe Guembelastraea” Cuif, 1977, spelling corrected in Roniewicz 1989 into subfamily...

Status nomen correctum ex “groupe Guembelastraea” Cuif, 1977, spelling corrected in Roniewicz 1989 into subfamily Guembelastraeinae Cuif, 1977 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Guembelastraeidae Cuif, 1977 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439861 on 2025-05-23

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-06-04 13:31:34Z

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2023-09-09 21:55:13Z

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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 Guembelastraeidae Melnikova, 1984 †) Melnikova GK. (1984). Novye pozdnetriasovye korally otriada Archaeocoeni-ida Alloiteau, 1952 yugo-zapadnogo Pamira. In: Djalilov, M.R. (Ed.), Novyevidy iskopaemoy fauny i flory Tajikistana. Donish, Dushanbe, pp. 42–55 [in Russian]. [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

Diagnosis Colonies cerioid-meandroid; increase intracalicular without connections between centers; septa compact, septal sides with pennules oriented steeply upwards; trabeculae peripherally vertical, adaxially strongly inclined toward the center; endotheca vesiculous; intercorallite wall septothecal. [details]

Status nomen correctum ex “groupe Guembelastraea” Cuif, 1977, spelling corrected in Roniewicz 1989 into subfamily Guembelastraeinae Cuif, 1977 [details]

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