Scleractinia taxon details

Stereopsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †

Holotype of Stereopsammia humilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850.
Holotype of Stereopsammia humilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850.

1452813  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1452813)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Stereopsammia † (Genus)
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  1. Species Stereopsammia humilis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †
  2. Species Stereopsammia granulosa Reuss, 1864 † accepted as Reussopsammia granulosa (Reuss, 1864) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  3. Species Stereopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Enallopsammia profunda (Pourtalès, 1867) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  4. Species Stereopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) accepted as Enallopsammia rostrata (Pourtalès, 1878) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  5. Species Stereopsammia doetzkirchnerana Gümbel, 1861 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Stereopsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1452813 on 2025-09-10
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original description Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1850-1854). A monograph of the British fossil Corals. The Palaeontographical Society, London. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 1 : i-lxxxv, 1-72, pls. 1-11; 2: 73-146, pls. 12-30; 3: 147-210, pls. 31-46; 4: i-xvi, 211-244, pls. 47-56; 5: 245-322, pls. 57-72., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12089108 [details] 

basis of record Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details] 
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Comparison Similar to Tubastraea but having smaller corallites and a rudimentary columella. [details]

Diagnosis Extratentacular budding leading to calices arranged in a plocoid fashion; corallites quite small; costae thin non-granular ridges; septa arranged normally; columella rudimentary. [details]

Remark Based on the poor preservation of the type and only known specimen of this genus, Cairns (2001) considered it to be a dendrophylliid genus of “uncertain position”, impossible to properly characterize. Two fossil species. [details]
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