Axosmilia Milne Edwards, 1848

Vasseur, Raphaël & Lathuilière, Bernard, 2021, Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys, Geodiversitas 43 (22), pp. 1187-1291 : 1198

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https://doi.org/ 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5764397

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scientific name

Axosmilia Milne Edwards, 1848
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Genus Axosmilia Milne Edwards, 1848 View in CoL

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Axosmilia Milne Edwards, 1848: 467 View in CoL .

Pleurosmilia Fromentel, 1856: 853 View in CoL .

Axotrochus Beauvais, 1986: 23 View in CoL .

Parapleurosmilia Beauvais, 1986: 15 .

TYPE SPECIES. — Caryophyllia extinctorium Michelin, 1841 ( Michelin 1841: 9, pl. 2, fig. 3b), by monotypy.

REMARKS

Roniewicz (2008) differentiated Pleurosmilia Fromentel, 1856 and Axosmilia on the basis of the presence of exsert septa ( Pleurosmilia ) or an infundibuliform calice ( Axosmilia ). Given that some transition exists we choose here to consider this variability as intrageneric among the genus Axosmilia . In addition, the distinction is not supported by the type material of Pleurosmilia that shows an infundibuliform calice.

Beauvais (1986) made a distinction between Parapleurosmilia Beauvais, 1986 and Pleurosmilia Fromentel, 1856 based on the presence of a mid-septal line with calcification centers distant of approximately 20 micrometers and sparse lateral centers of calcification in the type material of Pleurosmilia but this argument is weak considering the preservation of the material used to create Parapleurosmilia that does not allow to confirm the lack of such structures.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Axosmiliidae

Loc

Axosmilia Milne Edwards, 1848

Vasseur, Raphaël & Lathuilière, Bernard 2021
2021
Loc

Axotrochus

BEAUVAIS L. 1986: 23
1986
Loc

Parapleurosmilia

BEAUVAIS L. 1986: 15
1986
Loc

Pleurosmilia

FROMENTEL E. DE 1856: 853
1856
Loc

Axosmilia

MILNE EDWARDS H. & HAIME J. 1848: 467
1848
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