WoRMS taxon details
Psammocora Dana, 1846
AphiaID: 204148
AphiaID: 204148
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Psammocoridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Pavonia obtusangula Lamarck, 1816 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Psammocoridae Chevalier & Beauvais, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Psammocora (Stephanaria) Verrill, 1867 (junior synonym) Stephanacora Verrill, 1866 (junior synonym) Stephanaria Verrill, 1867 (junior synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Dana, J.D. 1846. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838-1842. Zoophytes 7: 1-740. Lea and Blanchard, Philadelphia. [details] basis of record: Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Stolarski, J., Pichon, M., Mitta, G., Galli, P. 2007. Debating phylogenetic relationships of the scleractinian Psammocora: molecular and morphological evidences. Contributions to Zoology 76: 35-54., available online at http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=7601a04 [details] additional source: Benzoni, F., Stefani, F., Pichon, M., Galli, P. 2010. The name game: morpho-molecular species boundaries in the genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 421-456. [details] additional source: Stefani, F., Benzoni, F., Pichon, M., Mitta, G., Galli, P. 2008. Genetic and morphometric evidence for unresolved species boundaries in the coral genus Psammocora (Cnidaria; Scleractinia). Hydrobiologia 596: 153-172. [details] additional source: Stefani, F., Benzoni, F., Pichon, M., Cancelliere, C. & Galli, P. 2008. A multidisciplinary approach to the definition of species boundaries in branching species of the coral genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia). Zoologica Scripta 37: 71-91., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00309.x [details] original description (from synonym): Verrill, AE., 1867. Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 2. Notes on the Echinoderms of Panama and the West Coast of America with descriptions of new genera and species.Transactions Connecticut Academy Arts & Sciences. 1(2): 251-322. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Verrill, A.E. 1866. On the polyps and corals of Panama, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 10: 325–357. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Psammocora albopicta Benzoni, 2006 Species Psammocora contigua (Esper, 1794) Species Psammocora digitata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Species Psammocora haimiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Species Psammocora profundacella Gardiner, 1898 Species Psammocora stellata Verrill, 1866 Species Psammocora verrilli Vaughan, 1907 Species Psammocora interstinctus Claereboudt, 2006 (nomen nudum) Species Psammocora ramosa Claereboudt, 2006 (nomen nudum, also homonym of Psammocora ramosa Quelch, 1886) Subgenus Psammocora (Stephanaria) Verrill, 1867 accepted as Psammocora Dana, 1846 Species Psammocora brighami Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Psammocora stellata Verrill, 1866 Species Psammocora decussata Yabe & Sugiyama, 1937 accepted as Psammocora contigua (Esper, 1794) Species Psammocora divaricata Gardiner, 1905 accepted as Psammocora stellata Verrill, 1866 Species Psammocora exesa Gardiner, 1905 accepted as Psammocora haimiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Species Psammocora explanulata Van der Horst, 1922 accepted as Cycloseris explanulata (Van der Horst, 1922) Species Psammocora folium Umbgrove, 1939 accepted as Psammocora haimiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Species Psammocora gonagra Kluzinger, 1879 accepted as Psammocora contigua (Esper, 1794) Species Psammocora haimeana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Psammocora haimiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Species Psammocora nierstraszi Van der Horst, 1921 accepted as Psammocora verrilli Vaughan, 1907 Species Psammocora obtusangula (Lamarck, 1815) accepted as Psammocora contigua (Esper, 1794) Species Psammocora planipora Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 accepted as Psammocora stellata Verrill, 1866 Species Psammocora plicata Dana, 1846 accepted as Psammocora contigua (Esper, 1794) Species Psammocora ramosa Quelch, 1886 accepted as Psammocora contigua (Esper, 1794) Species Psammocora samoensis Hoffmeister, 1925 accepted as Psammocora profundacella Gardiner, 1898 Species Psammocora superficialis Gardiner, 1898 accepted as Psammocora profundacella Gardiner, 1898 Species Psammocora togianensis Umbgrove, 1940 accepted as Psammocora haimiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851 Species Psammocora vaughani Yabe, Sugiyama & Eguchi, 1936 accepted as Psammocora verrilli Vaughan, 1907 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Kombia angulata Humes, 1962 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: See Stefani et al. (2008), Benzoni et al. (2010) [details] Taxonomic Remark: Recently classified with Psammocoridae (Stefani et al., 2008; Benzoni et al. 2010) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204148 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Psammocora Dana, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204148 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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