Faksephyllia
Creators: name: Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Caryophylliidae
Faksephyllia

description: Similarities of Faksephyllia to non-caryophylliine genera
Macroscopically, the genus Faksephyllia shows affinities to several non-caryophylliine genera, especially to Cladocora Ehrenberg, 1834, and Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830. In the past, material now grouped with Faksephyllia was assigned to various colonial and solitary genera. These forms are marked by an asterisk* (for details see Tab. 3):
*” Aplophyllia ” D’ ORBIGNY, 1849.
Astrhelia MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME, 1849. * Calamophyllia BLAINVILLE, 1830 Caulastraea DANA, 1846.
* Cladocora EHRENBERG, 1834.
Cladophyllia MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME, 1851. * Dendrophyllia BLAINVILLE, 1830. Liptodendron ELIÁŠOVÁ, 1991.
Caryophylline Morphological affinities with Characters differing from Stratigraphic range Remarks genus Faksephyllia features in Faksephyllia
Caryophyllia LAMARCK Juvenile specimens have Solitary; pali Jurassic-Holocene See Pl. 2, Figs. 7–10 (images
similar growth forms adopted from FLORIS, 1972,
pl. 4, fig. 7; and
KUZMICHEVA, 1987, pl. 24,
figs. 7–8) Coenosmilia POURTALÈS Subphaceloid; lacks pali Extracalicular budding; well- Holocene
developed endotheca
Gardineria VAUGHAN Juvenile specimens have Solitary; paliform lobes and Miocene-Holocene
similar growth forms wall internally thickened by
stereome
Goniocorella YABE & Subdendroid; lacks pali Extracalicular budding; Eocene, Miocene-Holocene GUCHI corallites bonded by tubular
bridges
Haplophyllia POURTALÈS As in Gardineria VAUGHAN - - Junior synonym of
Gardineria. Material
belonging to Faksephyllia has
been grouped with
Haplophyllia (see NIELSEN,
1922, p. 14–16; FLORIS,
1972, p. 74) Hoplangia GOSSE Subphaceloid; lacks pali Extracalicular budding from a Holocene
common coenosteum; no
endotheca
Lophelia MILNE EDWARDS & Dendroid; intracalicular Dense coenosteum (?Paleocene) Eocene- AIME budding; no pali; sparse Holocene
endotheca
Parasmilia MILNE EDWARDS Costosepta smooth or slightly Solitary Branch fragments of HAIME granular; sparse endotheca; Jurassic-Miocene monocentric corallites of
septothecal-septoparathecal Faksephyllia might be
wall confounded with Parasmilia
Pourtalosmilia DUNCAN Dendroid-subphaceloid; Extracalicular budding; pali; Holocene
septothecal-septoparathecal well-developed endotheca
wall
Rhizosmilia CAIRNS Dendroid; sparse endotheca Extracalicular budding; pali Holocene
Solenosmilia DUNCAN Dendroid-subphaceloid; Flabelliform corallites; Holocene
intracalicular; no pali granular stereome
Non-caryophylline Morphological affinities Characters differing from features Current taxonomic position Remarks
genus with Faksephyllia in Faksephyllia (Family/Suborder)
Aplophyllia ” D’ ORBIGNY Phaceloid; septothecal wall Marginal budding; no fasciculate Genus has been replaced Material belonging to
development; no columella by Proaplophyllia which is Faksephyllia has been grouped grouped with Stylinidae / with “ Aplophyllia ” Stylinina (= Haplophyllia, see taxonomic model by DE FROMENTEL, 1865, p. 13), whose taxonomic position is unclear (see RONIEWICZ, 1976)
Astrhelia MILNE EDWARDS & intracalicular-distomostaeal Corallites united by dense Incertae sedis
AIME budding; dendrophylliid- coenosteum
like merging of septa in
some corallites
Calamophyllia BLAINVILLE Originally described as ---- Incertae sedis Material belonging to
forming phaceloid colonies Faksephyllia has been grouped and having intracalicular with Calamophyllia (see VOIGT, budding 1929, p. 84; FLORIS, 1972, p. 74), whose taxonomic position is unclear (see BARON- SZABO, 2014)
Caulastraea DANA Phaceloid-dendroid; Flabelliform corallites; septa Merulinidae / Faviina
intracalicular budding; dentate; pali; endothecal
parathecal-septoparathecal dissepiments vesicular to
subtabulate (corallite center) and
large vesicular (peripheral area)
Cladocora EHRENBERG Phaceloid; intracalicular; Extracalicular; pali; endothecal Cladocoridae/ Faviina Material belonging to
septothecal-septoparathecal dissepiments vesicular to Faksephyllia has been grouped subtabulate (corallite center) and with Cladocora (see MILNE large vesicular (peripheral area) EDWARDS & HAIME, 1851, p. 95); some authors have grouped the genus Cladocora with the caryophylliids (e.g., REYES et al., 2009), others have placed it in the faviines (e.g., BARON- SZABO, 2005)
……continued on the next page Non-caryophylline Morphological affinities Characters differing from features Current taxonomic position Remarks
genus with Faksephyllia in Faksephyllia (Family/Suborder)
Cladophyllia MILNE Phaceloid; intracalicular, Extracalicular; endothecal Cladophylliidae / Stylinina
DWARDS & HAIME including septal division dissepiments tabulate (corallite
center) and large vesicular
(peripheral area)
Dendrophyllia BLAINVILLE Dendroid-subphaceloid; Extracalicular; subcompact septa; Dendrophylliidae / Material belonging to
merging of axial ends of parasynapticulo-synapticulothecal Dendrophylliina Faksephyllia has been grouped septa, whereby other septa wall with Dendrophyllia (VOIGT, in are being enclosed HUCKE, 1967, p. 98)
Liptodendron ELIÁŠOVÁ Phacelo-dendroid; Submeandroid-flabelliform; septa Mussidae / Faviina parathecal-septothecal compact to subcompact;
endotheca very well-developed
Lobopsammia MILNE Dendroid; intracalicular, di- Synapticulothecal wall; septa Dendrophylliidae / Material belonging to
DWARDS & HAIME and tristomodaeal; merging have pores Dendrophylliina Faksephyllia has been grouped of axial ends of septa, with Lobopsammia (see HENNIG, whereby other septa are 1899, p. 11-13) being enclosed; sparse
endothecal dissepiments
Nefophyllia WELLS Phacelo-dendroid; Extracalicular; endothecal Meandrinidae / Faviina
septothecal wall dissepiments abundant
Rhabdophyllia MILNE Phaceloid, dendroid; Septal flanks with strongly Cladocoridae/ Faviina Material belonging to
DWARDS & HAIME intracalicular developed granules Faksephyllia has been grouped with Rhabdophyllia (see FELIX, 1914, p. 176)
* Lobopsammia MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME, 1848. Nefophyllia WELLS, 1937.
* Rhabdophyllia MILNE EDWARDS & HAIME, 1851.
description: Published as part of Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2016, New taxonomic, stratigraphic, and geographic information on the genus Faksephyllia Floris, 1972 (Scleractinia; Caryophylliidae); first records from the Oligocene of Austria, Germany, and Italy, pp. 526-540 in Zootaxa 4154 (5) on pages 534-538, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/267017