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Scleractinia taxon details

Proplesiastraea Oppenheim, 1930 †

1440425  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1440425)

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Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Proplesiastraea Oppenheim, 1930 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440425 on 2025-06-02
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original description Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [details] 

basis of record Löser H, Zell P. (2015). Revision of the Cretaceous coral family Columastraeidae (Scleractinia). <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen.</em> 277 (2): 153-166., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2015/0510 [details] 

additional source Löser H, Heinrich M. (2018). New coral genera and species from the Rußbach and Gosau area (Upper Cretaceous; Austria). <em>Palaeodiversity.</em> 11: 127–149. [details] 
 
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Remark Oppenheim (1930, p. 426) created the form Nefocoenia edelbachensis and remarked that it showed close resemblance to some forms of Plesiastraea Milne Edwards and Haime. He ruled out that there could be a true genetic relationship of his newly created species with any form of Plesiastraea but suggested that the close affinities to Pleasiastraea were the result of intra-generic variations within Nefocoenia that led to this type of convergence. Therefore, he decided to place the species Nefocoenia edelbachensis in a new subgenus, which he called Proplesiastraea (Oppenheim, 1930, p. 427). [details]
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