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Comoseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Taxonomy
Comoseris was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 796,919,1270]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Comoseriidae by Baron-Szabo (2021); and to Microsolenidae by Roniewicz (1976) and Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Comoseris d'Orbigny
1976Comoseris Roniewicz
2002Comoseris Sepkoski
2021Comoseris Baron-Szabo
2021Comoseris Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyMicrosolenidaeKoby 1890
genusComoserisd'Orbigny 1849

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. †Comoseris d'Orbigny 1849
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Comoseris aptiensis Baron-Szabo 2002
Comoseris baltovensis Roniewicz 1966
Comoseris brevivallis Ogilvie 1897
Comoseris eichwaldi Solomko 1888
Comoseris frondescens Koby 1904
Comoseris interrupta Koby 1888
Comoseris irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Comoseris jireceki Toula 1889
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Invalid names: Comoseris bargyensis Morycowa and Decrouez 1993 [synonym]
Comoseris kobyi Geyer 1955
Comoseris meandrinoides Michelin 1843
Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964
Comoseris tschordensis Bendukidze 1949
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021Colonial, massive, hemispherical, foliose, lamellar, multicolumnar, thamnasterioid. Budding intracalicular. Meandroid or parallel series of corallite centers enclosed between collines. Collines generally tholiform. Septa regularly perforated, pennular, thamnasterioid-like and subconfluent to non-confluent in the valleys, confluent to
nonconfluent on the collines separating calicinal series. Columella monotrabecular or consists of a small number of papillae. Synapticulae present. Intertrabecular distance ranging between 90 and 320 μm. No wall between the corallites of same series. Corallite series are separated by incomplete synapticulotheca. Endothecal dissepiments well-developed.