Scleractinia taxon details

Areopsammia Dietrich, 1917 †

View of two reconstructed fragments.
View of two reconstructed fragments.

1439892  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439892)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Areopsammia † (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Porosmilia Umbgrove, 1925 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (Homonym)

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Dietrich WO. (1917). Areopsammia, eine neue eupsammide Koralle aus der obersten Kreide. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 4: 303-307. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Areopsammia Dietrich, 1917 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439892 on 2025-09-10
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original description Dietrich WO. (1917). Areopsammia, eine neue eupsammide Koralle aus der obersten Kreide. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 4: 303-307. [details] 

original description (of Porosmilia Umbgrove, 1925 †) Umbgrove JHF. (1925). De Anthozoa uit het Maastrichtsche Tufkrijt. <em>Leidsche Geologische Mededeelingen.</em> 11: 84-126, pls.8-11. [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
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Diagnosis Corallum solitary, bowl-shaped, free(?); epitheca absent; theca thick and non-costate; septa arranged normally; columella rudimentary. [details]

Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Two species (see Baron-Szabo, 2002). [details]
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