Meandrina

Lamarck, 1801, p.372

Meandrina Lamarck, 1801, p.372 is a replacement taxon for Thecophyllia Dainelli, 1915.

Type Species

Madrepora maeandrites Ellis and Solander, 1786, p. 161, pl. 48, fig. 1; Original Designation Lamarck, 1801, p.372

Type Specimen: Holotype; ; Lost; Unknown

Type Locality: unknown (Recent)

Madrepora maeandrites was originally described by Linnaeus, 1758, p. 794 ("Habitat in O. Americano"); the type specimen is lost. See discussion in Vaughan (1901), p.14.

Synonyms

• Ctenophyllia Dana, 1846, p.169
• Goreaugyra Wells, 1974, p.929
• Maeandra Oken, 1815, p.70
• Placocyathus Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 327
• Sphenophyllia Moseley, 1881, p.182
• Thecophyllia Dainelli, 1915

Distribution

• North Africa; Paleocene
• South Asia; Paleocene
• Central America; Eocene
• Caribbean; Eocene
• West Asia; Eocene
• North Africa; Oligocene
• Subsaharan Africa; Oligocene
• Central America; Oligocene
• Caribbean; Oligocene
• West Asia; Oligocene
• Southeast Asia; Miocene - Pliocene
• Southern Europe; Miocene
• East Asia; Miocene
• Caribbean; Miocene
• Southeast Asia; Miocene
• North America, Central America, Caribbean; Pliocene - Pleistocene
• East Asia; Pliocene
• North America; Pliocene
• Central America; Pliocene
• Caribbean; Pliocene
• Southeast Asia; Pliocene
• East Asia; Pleistocene - Holocene
• Australasia; Pleistocene
• Melanesia; Pleistocene
• North America; Pleistocene
• Central America; Pleistocene
• Caribbean; Pleistocene
• South America; Pleistocene
• Western Atlantic; Recent
• North America; Holocene
• Caribbean; Holocene

This page has been in preparation since 28-Mar-2010 23:41

This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 13-Jun-2012 21:52.

Page authors are: Ann Budd. Please contact the editor if you would like to contribute to the diagnosis of this taxon.

The editor is: Ann Budd