Scleractinia taxon details
Stichopsammia Felix, 1885 †
1439906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1439906)
accepted
Genus
Stichopsammia gyrosa Felix, 1885 † (type by subsequent designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Felix J. (1885). Kritische studien über die Tertiäre Korallen-Fauna des Vicentins nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 37(2): 379-421, pl. 317-319. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stichopsammia Felix, 1885 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1439906 on 2025-09-10
original description
Felix J. (1885). Kritische studien über die Tertiäre Korallen-Fauna des Vicentins nebst Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten. <em>Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft.</em> 37(2): 379-421, pl. 317-319. [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
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Comparison Similar to Lobopsammia but having polystomadeal intratentacular budding. [details]Diagnosis Corallum forming small colonies by polystomadeal intratentacular budding, corallites linked in linear series; branches flabellate; epitheca absent; costae finely granular; septa in Pourtalès plan; columella trabecular. [details]
Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Four species known, all fossil (see Blake, 1968). [details]
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