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Scleractinia taxon detailsCuifia Melnikova, 1975 †
1440129 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440129)
accepted
Genus
Cuifia gigantella Melnikova, 1975 † (type by original designation)
marine,
fossil only
Melnikova, G. K. (1975). Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs. Pozdnetryasovye skleraktinii yugo-vostochnogo Pamira [Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs], 236 pp., 38 pls. [details]
Description Pamirian species was described and illustrated in Melnikova 1975, and re-described with illustrations in Melnikova 2001:...
Description Pamirian species was described and illustrated in Melnikova 1975, and re-described with illustrations in Melnikova 2001: 42,43,pls.10,11. Alpine species were described and illustrated in Roniewicz 1996:13,pls.1-4. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cuifia Melnikova, 1975 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440129 on 2025-05-24
Date action by
original description
Melnikova, G. K. (1975). Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs. Pozdnetryasovye skleraktinii yugo-vostochnogo Pamira [Late Triassic Scleractinia of South Eastern Pamirs], 236 pp., 38 pls. [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] additional source Roniewicz E. (1996). Upper Triassic solitary corals from the Gosaukamm and other north Alpine regions, Austria. <em>Denkschriften Österreichisch Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenchaftliche Klasse.</em> 202: 3−41. [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Comparison Similar to Coryphyllia, from which differs in septal apparatus differentiated into five size categories, and in the structure of wall which shows enlarged portions named wall segments. [details]Description Pamirian species was described and illustrated in Melnikova 1975, and re-described with illustrations in Melnikova 2001: 42,43,pls.10,11. Alpine species were described and illustrated in Roniewicz 1996:13,pls.1-4. [details] Diagnosis Solitary. Radial elements costoseptal in type, differentiated into 5 size orders; the S1 septa the thickest; the septa of the ultimate order frequently lonsdaleoid and discontinuous. Septal faces minutely granulated. Dissepiments homogeneous, vesicular. Wall epithecal showing enlarged parts (wall segments) in contact with radial elements of lower size orders. Microstructure: median septal zone straight, lateral stereome fibrous, poorly organized into fascicles. [details] Remark There are known at least four species in the Norian and Rhaetian of the Tethys. [details] |
