Scleractinia taxon details
Epismilia de Fromentel, 1861 †
1455177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1455177)
accepted
Genus
Epismilia haimei de Fromentel, 1861 † (type by monotypy)
Trochosmilia (Epismilia) de Fromentel, 1861 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
- Species Epismilia africana de Fromentel, 1867 †
- Species Epismilia calciformis Missuna, 1904 †
- Species Epismilia calycularis Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Epismilia caryophyllata de Fromentel & de Ferry, 1865 †
- Species Epismilia circumvelata (Quenstedt, 1858) †
- Species Epismilia crassisepta Stoliczka, 1873 †
- Species Epismilia cuneata Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Epismilia cylindrata Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Epismilia frechi de Angelis d'Ossat, 1905 †
- Species Epismilia fromenteli Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Epismilia glabrata Reuss, 1868 †
- Species Epismilia grandidieri de Fromentel in Fischer, 1873 †
- Species Epismilia haimei de Fromentel, 1861 †
- Species Epismilia liasica Fromentel & Ferry, 1865 †
- Species Epismilia mauretaniensis L. Beauvais, 1986 †
- Species Epismilia ogilviei de Angelis d'Ossat, 1905 †
- Species Epismilia reptilis Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Epismilia robusta Koby, 1896 †
- Species Epismilia rugosa Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
- Species Epismilia subrugosa (d'Orbigny, 1850) †
- Species Epismilia sudaghi Missuna, 1904 †
- Species Epismilia thurmanni (Étallon, 1864) † accepted as Parepismilia thurmanni (Étallon, 1864) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Fromentel, E. de. (1861). Introduction a l'etude des polypiers fossiles. <em>Memoires de la Societe d 'Emulation du Departement du Doubs.</em> 1-157. [details]
Description Solitary corallum cemented by a wide attachment area. Calicular outline slightly elliptical. infundibuliform calicular...
Description Solitary corallum cemented by a wide attachment area. Calicular outline slightly elliptical. infundibuliform calicular platform. Epitheca s.l. with growth bands (around 2,75 mm vertical growth/year on the type material). Radial elements are compact septa or more probably costosepta with a very short costal part. Most of them are free. Major septa reach the parietal columella. Lateral faces smooth. Distal edge smooth. Inner edge smooth or ornamented of regular long teeth. Larger septa curved, smaller generally straight attenuated and less projected. The curvature is organised with regards to the bilateral symmetry also marked by the elongation of the parietal columella. No thick septa in dorso-ventral plan. Microstructure not observed. Endotheca not observed. No synapticules. Septotheca or paraseptotheca. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Epismilia de Fromentel, 1861 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1455177 on 2025-05-12
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original description
Fromentel, E. de. (1861). Introduction a l'etude des polypiers fossiles. <em>Memoires de la Societe d 'Emulation du Departement du Doubs.</em> 1-157. [details]
basis of record Beauvais L. (1964). Ėtude stratigraphique et paléontologique des formations à madréporaires du Jurassique supérieur du Jura et de l'Est du Bassin de Paris. <em>Mémoires de la Société de géologique de France.</em> 43 (100): 1–287, pls. 1-38. [details]
additional source Vasseur, R., Lathuilière, B. (2021). Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys. <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 43(22): 1187-1291., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22 [details]
basis of record Beauvais L. (1964). Ėtude stratigraphique et paléontologique des formations à madréporaires du Jurassique supérieur du Jura et de l'Est du Bassin de Paris. <em>Mémoires de la Société de géologique de France.</em> 43 (100): 1–287, pls. 1-38. [details]
additional source Vasseur, R., Lathuilière, B. (2021). Pliensbachian corals from the Western Tethys. <em>Geodiversitas.</em> 43(22): 1187-1291., available online at https://doi.org/10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a22 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Solitary corallum cemented by a wide attachment area. Calicular outline slightly elliptical. infundibuliform calicular platform. Epitheca s.l. with growth bands (around 2,75 mm vertical growth/year on the type material). Radial elements are compact septa or more probably costosepta with a very short costal part. Most of them are free. Major septa reach the parietal columella. Lateral faces smooth. Distal edge smooth. Inner edge smooth or ornamented of regular long teeth. Larger septa curved, smaller generally straight attenuated and less projected. The curvature is organised with regards to the bilateral symmetry also marked by the elongation of the parietal columella. No thick septa in dorso-ventral plan. Microstructure not observed. Endotheca not observed. No synapticules. Septotheca or paraseptotheca. [details]Remark 43 jurassic and 16 cretaceous nominal species were described but they need a revision in order to get a reliable distribution. [details]
