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Abstammung und systematische Stellung der Rugosa und Auloporida

Origin and systematic position of the rugose corals and the Auloporida

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The study of the morphology of the rugose corals and the acception of a solitary sessil sexual polyp, as the stem form of the Anthozoa (B. WERNER) lead to the conclusion that the stem form of the rugose corals was a solitary sessil polyp without a base disc and with four or more pairs of mesenteries from which two were directive pairs. Therefore it seems correct to supply the name Rugosa by Tetracorallia Haeckel 1866.

The evolution of the Auloporida from such a stem form follows another trend, which is characterised by the development of colonies. It seems possible, that this trend was attented with the reduction and the lost of the four mesenteries of the hypothetic stem form. Therefore it is not sure, that the Auloporida belong to the Anthozoa.

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Ausgehend von der Skelettmorphologie der Rugosa und der Vorstellung einer polypoiden tetrameren Ausgangsform der Anthozoa führen theoretische Überlegungen zur Annahme einer polypoiden Ahnenform der Rugosa ohne Fußscheibe und mit mindestens vier Mesenterienpaaren, von denen zwei als Richtungsmesenterien ausgebildet gewesen sein dürften. Von derartigen Formen können die Tabulata (Auloporida) nicht abgeleitet werden. Sie stellen eine völlig getrennte Entwicklungsrichtung dar, die durch Koloniebildung charakterisiert ist. Es wäre möglich, daß ihrem Weichkörper Mesenterien fehlten. Daher erscheint es nicht gesichert, daß sie systematisch den Anthozoa zuzuordnen sind. Dies führt zur Frage der Gliederung der Anthozoa sowie zu dem Vorschlag, den älteren Namen Rugosa durch den der Morphologie besser gerecht werdenden Namen Tetracorallia HAECKEL 1866 zu ersetzen.

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Flügel, H.W. Abstammung und systematische Stellung der Rugosa und Auloporida. Paläont. Z. 59, 201–210 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988808

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