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Scleractinia taxon detailsPlesiastreopsis Chevalier, 1954 †
1581155 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581155)
accepted
Genus
Astrea vesparia Michelin, 1841 † (type by original designation)
marine,
fossil only
Chevalier J-P. (1954). Contribution à la révision de polypiers du genre Heliastraea. <em>Annales Hébert et Haug: Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Paris.</em> 8: 105–190, pls 1-8. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Plesiastreopsis Chevalier, 1954 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581155 on 2025-06-04
original description
Chevalier J-P. (1954). Contribution à la révision de polypiers du genre Heliastraea. <em>Annales Hébert et Haug: Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Paris.</em> 8: 105–190, pls 1-8. [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]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Differs from Columastrea in having a complete set of S2 pali and generally no septothecal developments. [details]Diagnosis Colonial, massive, plocoid. Gemmation extracalicinal. Costosepta compact, generally subconfluent, confluent occasionally, radially arranged, regularly granulated laterally. Columella irregularly spongy-papillose. Pali present in front of the S1 and S2. Endothecal dissepiments sparse. Wall parathecal. [details] |