Scleractinia name details
Frechia Gregory, 1900 †
1452265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1452265)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Frechia cornutiformis Gregory, 1900 † accepted as Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis (Gregory, 1900) † (type by original designation)
- Species Frechia boesei Wells, 1933 † accepted as Epistreptophyllum boesei (Wells, 1933) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Frechia cornutiformis Gregory, 1900 † accepted as Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis (Gregory, 1900) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Frechia shumardi Wells, 1933 † accepted as Epistreptophyllum shumardi (Wells, 1933) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Gregory JW. (1900). The Jurassic fauna of Cutch. The corals. <em>Palaeontologica Indica, Ser 9.</em> 2 (2): 1-195, pls. 2-27. [details]
Status Junior synonym of Epistreptophyllum Milaschewitsch according to Vaughan and Wells 1943: 117. See the recent re-assessment...
Status Junior synonym of Epistreptophyllum Milaschewitsch according to Vaughan and Wells 1943: 117. See the recent re-assessment by Pandey and Lathuilière 1997 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Frechia Gregory, 1900 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452265 on 2025-05-01
Date
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original description
Gregory JW. (1900). The Jurassic fauna of Cutch. The corals. <em>Palaeontologica Indica, Ser 9.</em> 2 (2): 1-195, pls. 2-27. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis The morphological characters of the type-species of Frechia are not different form Epistreptophyllum Milaschewitsch 1876 and they belong to a single highly variable species: Epistreptophyllum cornutiformis Gregory (Pandey and Lathuilière 1997) [details]Status Junior synonym of Epistreptophyllum Milaschewitsch according to Vaughan and Wells 1943: 117. See the recent re-assessment by Pandey and Lathuilière 1997 [details]