Scleractinia taxon details
Eugyridae De Fromentel, 1861 †
Eugyridae Eguchi, 1942 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym (homonymy)
- Genus Felixigyra Prever, 1909 †
- Genus Eohydnophora Yabe & Eguchi, 1936 † accepted as Felixigyra Prever, 1909 † (synonymy)
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]
Status This family is based on the genus-group Eugyroida Duncan, 1884, and represents both an objective junior synonym and an...
Status This family is based on the genus-group Eugyroida Duncan, 1884, and represents both an objective junior synonym and an objective junior homonym of Eugyridae Eguchi, 1942. For more information regarding taxonomic decision, see Remarks under Placocoeniidae Loser, 2012. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Eugyridae De Fromentel, 1861 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439884 on 2025-06-01
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 Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Colonial, massive, encrusting, meandroid, hydnophoroid. Budding intracalicular. Collines present, tholiform and tectiform. Columella lamellar, irregularly trabecular, or absent. Costosepta compact, finely granulated or smooth. Dissepiments long, tabulate, abundant. Short vesicular dissepiments in the vicinity of wall present or absent. Exotheca absent. Synapticulae absent. Ambulacra present or absent. Septal trabeculae simple and branching, 35-150 µm in size. Wall is septothecal and parathecal. [details]Remark Eguchi (1942) created the family Eugyridae. Later, he realized that De Fromentel (1861, p. 60) had already established this family (“Famille---Engyriens [sic!]), and provided the corrected and Latinized name (Eguchi, 1951, p. 54). [details]
Status This family is based on the genus-group Eugyroida Duncan, 1884, and represents both an objective junior synonym and an objective junior homonym of Eugyridae Eguchi, 1942. For more information regarding taxonomic decision, see Remarks under Placocoeniidae Loser, 2012. [details]
