Scleractinia taxon details
Cahuzacopsammia Chaix, 1999 †
1439895 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439895)
accepted
Genus
Cahuzacopsammia meandrinoides Chaix, 1999 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Chaix C. (1999). Cahuzacopsammia meandrinoides nov. gen. et sp., Scléractiniaire Dendrophylliidé de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aquitaine (France). <em>Geobios.</em> 32(6): 805–813., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80862-6 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cahuzacopsammia Chaix, 1999 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439895 on 2025-09-10
original description
Chaix C. (1999). Cahuzacopsammia meandrinoides nov. gen. et sp., Scléractiniaire Dendrophylliidé de l'Oligocène supérieur d'Aquitaine (France). <em>Geobios.</em> 32(6): 805–813., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-6995(99)80862-6 [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
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
From editor or global species database
Comparison Similar to other genera with intratentacular budding, but producing a meandroid corallum. [details]Diagnosis Corallum having intratentacular budding that leads to calices arranged in a meandroid colony; septa arranged in Pourtalès plan; trabecular columella. [details]
Remark Monotypic. [details]