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Astraeofungia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Astraeofungia was named by Alloiteau (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno K Maes].

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Latomeandridae by Löser and Ferry (2006); and to Siderastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2021).

Species
A. cenomana, A. decipiens, A. diversisepta (syn. Diploastrea harrisi), A. mombassana, A. schmidti, A. siva, A. soaravikelyensis, A. tirnovoriana
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. felixi, A. hoffmeisteri, A. lamelliistriata, A. oppenheimi, A. ragaensis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by W. Kiessling on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Astraeofungia Alloiteau
2002Astraeofungia Sepkoski
2006Astraeofungia Löser and Ferry p. 483
2021Astraeofungia Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAstraeofungiaAlloiteau 1952

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Astraeofungia Alloiteau 1952
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†Astraeofungia cenomana Orbigny 1850
†Astraeofungia decipiens Michelin 1845
†Astraeofungia diversisepta Hackemesser 1936
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Invalid names: Diploastrea harrisi Wells 1932 [synonym]
†Astraeofungia mombassana Dietrich 1926
†Astraeofungia siva Stoliczka 1873
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021Colonial, massive, lamellar, thamnasterioid. Budding extracalicular and extracalicular-marginal. Costosepta compact with occasionally perforated axial ends, confluent to nonconfluent, laterally granulate and carinate. Columella generally variably and well-developed, including spongy-papillose, mesh-like formed by thin trabecular segments, or made of a single or small number of sublamellar portions. Synapticulae present. Intertrabecular distance ranging between 150 and 500 μm in septa. Endothecal dissepiments thin, subtabulate. Wall is an incomplete synapticulotheca or absent.