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Scleractinia taxon details

Opistophyllum Ogilvie, 1897 †

1440285  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440285)

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Opistophyllum zitteli Ogilvie, 1897 † (type by subsequent designation)

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Ogilvie, M.M. (1897). Die Korallen der Stramberger Schichten. <em>Palaeontographica, A,.</em> 7, Suppl. 2: 73-284. [details] 
Description Solitary corallum , outline elongate to reniform in transverse section. Finely striated epitheca with wavy growth rolls,...  
Description Solitary corallum , outline elongate to reniform in transverse section. Finely striated epitheca with wavy growth rolls, covering costae. Radial elements compact free rather attenuated , straight or slightly curved, poorly ornamented. Strong bilateral symmetry with elongation of the corallite and of the fossa. The dorso-ventral plan could be perpendicular to the elongation of the fossa. Endotheca of large vesiculose dissepiments sloping down from the top of the wall to the fossa very steeply, even near the fossa, no columella, no synapticulae, wall in continuity with septa. [details]

Status Possible synonym of Cheilosmilia  
Status Possible synonym of Cheilosmilia [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Opistophyllum Ogilvie, 1897 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440285 on 2025-06-04
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original description Ogilvie, M.M. (1897). Die Korallen der Stramberger Schichten. <em>Palaeontographica, A,.</em> 7, Suppl. 2: 73-284. [details] 

basis of record Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details] 

additional source 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 Solitary corallum , outline elongate to reniform in transverse section. Finely striated epitheca with wavy growth rolls, covering costae. Radial elements compact free rather attenuated , straight or slightly curved, poorly ornamented. Strong bilateral symmetry with elongation of the corallite and of the fossa. The dorso-ventral plan could be perpendicular to the elongation of the fossa. Endotheca of large vesiculose dissepiments sloping down from the top of the wall to the fossa very steeply, even near the fossa, no columella, no synapticulae, wall in continuity with septa. [details]

Remark Four nominal species in Jurassic. Another one cited in Aptian of China [details]

Status Possible synonym of Cheilosmilia [details]

Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]
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