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Scleractinia taxon detailsGillastraea Melnikova, 1983 †
1440135 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440135)
accepted
Genus
Gillastraea delicata Melnikova, 1983 † (type by original designation)
marine,
fossil only
Not documented
Description Well described and illustrated in Melnikova 1983 and 2001: 65, pl. 18, fig.2..
Description Well described and illustrated in Melnikova 1983 and 2001: 65, pl. 18, fig.2.. [details] Status Synonymy: Fungiastraea Alloiteau, 1952
Status Synonymy: Fungiastraea Alloiteau, 1952 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Gillastraea Melnikova, 1983 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440135 on 2025-06-06
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
From editor or global species database
Comparison General microstructural characteristics of genus Gillastraea corresponds to that of solitary Tropiphyllum Cuif, 1975, and thamnasterioid Cuifastraea Melnikova 1983, from which it differs in phaceloid growth form. [details]Description Well described and illustrated in Melnikova 1983 and 2001: 65, pl. 18, fig.2.. [details] Diagnosis Phaceloid. Corallites cylindrical. Increase intracalicular; corallites at early stages with diameter of about one-third of that of the adults. Septa numerous, thin, compact, made of vertical trabeculae. Menianes distributed alternately on septal sides; edges granulated. Columella rudimentary made of rare septal trabecular projections. Endotheca vesicular. Wall epithecal, pellicular. [details] Remark One species is known. [details] Status Synonymy: Fungiastraea Alloiteau, 1952 [details] |
