WoRMS taxon details

Thecopsammia Pourtalès, 1868

267904  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267904)

accepted
Genus
Thecopsammia socialis Pourtalès, 1868 (type by subsequent designation)
Balanophyllia (Thecopsammia) Pourtalès, 1868 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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  1. Species Thecopsammia elongata Moseley, 1880
  2. Species Thecopsammia socialis Pourtalès, 1868
  3. Species Thecopsammia britannica (Duncan, 1870) accepted as Leptopsammia britannica (Duncan, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Thecopsammia fistula (Alcock, 1902) accepted as Eguchipsammia fistula (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Thecopsammia gemma Moseley, 1880 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gemma (Moseley, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  6. Species Thecopsammia imperfecta Gravier, 1915 accepted as Leptopsammia formosa (Gravier, 1915) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Species Thecopsammia pourtalesi Durham & Barnard, 1952 accepted as Endopsammia pourtalesi (Durham & Barnard, 1952) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  8. Species Thecopsammia regularis Gardiner, 1899 accepted as Endopsammia regularis (Gardiner, 1899) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  9. Species Thecopsammia tintinnabulum Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Bathypsammia tintinnabulum (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  10. Species Thecopsammia togata (van der Horst, 1927) accepted as Pourtalopsammia togata (van der Horst, 1927) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details]   
Depth range 214-878 m  
Depth range 214-878 m [details]

Fossil range ?Late Eocene to Recent  
Fossil range ?Late Eocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Thecopsammia Pourtalès, 1868. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267904 on 2024-03-29
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2008-01-14 11:18:07Z
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2010-08-31 00:27:39Z
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2010-09-07 13:48:11Z
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2018-07-16 15:48:44Z
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2019-10-12 20:22:42Z
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2022-06-25 08:07:44Z
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original description Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>  [details]   

additional source Pourtalès, L. F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636 [details]   

additional source Wells JW. (1958). Scleractinian Corals. <em>British-Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B.</em> 6(11): 257-275, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 262 [details]   

additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]   

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Comparison Differs from Balanophyllia in lacking costae but having a significant amount of epitheca. [details]

Diagnosis Corallum solitary, trochoid, firmly attached; epitheca present; Pourtalès plan present; paliform present or absent; columella small and discrete; azooxanthellate. [details]

Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Three species, including one fossil. [details]

From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 214-878 m [details]

Fossil range ?Late Eocene to Recent [details]