Marine Species Traits - Stylophyllopsis Frech, 1890 †

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Stylophyllopsis Frech, 1890 †

Lectotype of the type species of Plesiophyllum

AphiaID

1438347 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438347)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Stylophyllopsis polyactis Frech, 1890 †

Parent

Stylophyllidae Frech, 1890 †

Original name

Stylophyllopsis Frech, 1890 †

Synonymised names

Plesiophyllum Alloiteau, 1952 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Stylophyllopsis bortepensis Melnikova †
Species Stylophyllopsis bovista Vasseur & Lathuilière, 2021 †
Species Stylophyllopsis brevis (Duncan, 1874) †
Species Stylophyllopsis elchabirensis L. Beauvais, 1986 †
Species Stylophyllopsis fritillus (de Fromentel & de Ferry, 1866) †
Species Stylophyllopsis gracilis Stanley, 1994 †
Species Stylophyllopsis harrensis (Alloiteau, 1954) †
Species Stylophyllopsis lindstroemi Frech, 1890 †
Species Stylophyllopsis media (Roniewicz, 1974) †
Species Stylophyllopsis mojsvari Frech, 1890 †
Species Stylophyllopsis mucronata (Duncan, 1868) †
Species Stylophyllopsis murchinsoniae (Duncan, 1867) †
Species Stylophyllopsis polyactis Frech, 1890 †
Species Stylophyllopsis romerloana Volz, 1896 †
Species Stylophyllopsis rudis (Emmrich, 1853) †
Species Stylophyllopsis rugosa (Laube, 1865) †
Species Stylophyllopsis veracolumella Vasseur & Lathuilière, 2021 †
Species Stylophyllopsis vetusum (Beauvais, 1986) †
Species Stylophyllopsis victoriae (Duncan, 1868) †
Species Stylophyllopsis walliae (Duncan, 1867) †
Species Stylophyllopsis zitteli Frech, 1890 †
Species Stylophyllopsis caespitosa Frech, 1890 † accepted as Phacelostylophyllum caespitosa (Frech, 1890) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
Species Stylophyllopsis ramosa Roniewicz, 1989 † accepted as Phacelostylophyllum ramosum (Roniewicz, 1989) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Frech F. (1890). Die Korallen der Trias. I. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz. Paleontographica. 37: 1-116, pls 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33297967 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stylophyllopsis Frech, 1890 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438347 on 2026-04-17

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Stylophyllopsis Frech, 1890 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438347 on 2026-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-06-01 14:56:10Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2020-08-20 15:51:12Z

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2023-04-30 06:37:52Z

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original description Frech F. (1890). Die Korallen der Trias. I. Die Korallen der juvavischen Triasprovinz. Paleontographica. 37: 1-116, pls 1-21., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33297967 [details]

original description (of Plesiophyllum Alloiteau, 1952 †) Alloiteau J. (1952). Embranchement des Coelentérés. Madreporaires Post-Paleozoiques. In: Piveteau J, ed. Traité de Paléontologie, Volume 1. Paris: Masson. 539–782, pls. 1-10. [details]

basis of record Melnikova GK, Roniewicz E. (2017). Early Jurassic corals with dominating solitary growth forms from the Kasamurg Mountains, Central Asia. Palaeoworld. 26 (1): 124-148., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2016.01.001 [details]

additional source Vasseur, R., Lathuilière, B. (2021). Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys. Geodiversitas. 43(22): 1187-1291., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22 [details]

additional source Melnikova GK, Roniewicz E. (2021). Lower Jurassic corals from the Pamir Mountains, Central Asia. Palaeoworld. 30(3): 461-494., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palwor.2020.11.001 1871-174X [details]

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