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Allotropiochisma

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Allotropiochisma Fedorowski
1987Allotropiochisma Fedorowski p. 10
2001Allotropiochisma Fedorowski and Bamber p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderStereolasmatina
familyHapsiphyllidaeGrabau 1928
genusAllotropiochismaFedorowski 1982

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. †Allotropiochisma Fedorowski 1982
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Subg. †Allotropiochisma (Abeophyllum) Fedorowski 1987
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Subg. †Allotropiochisma (Alligia) Fedorowski 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Fedorowski and E. W. Bamber 2001Medium to large solitary corals without dissepimentarium; counter and alar septa slightly elongated in early ontogeny; cardinal septum shortened from early maturity or earlier; major septa arranged as in Allotropiophyllum, having axial ends joined directly or by stereo column at axial margin of long, closed cardinal fossula; minor septa present in corallite lumen below calice floor; tabulae hemispherical, sagging axially, with incipient biform morphology at periphery; septa trabecular, aseriate.