Scleractinia name details
Placoseris de Fromentel, 1863 †
1511581 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1511581)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Placoseris patella de Fromentel, 1863 † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Placoseris patella de Fromentel, 1863 †
- Species Placoseris geinitzi Bölsche, 1871 † accepted as Colonycyathus geinitzi (Bölsche, 1871) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Fromentel E. de. (1863). Paléontologie française ou description des Animaux invertébrés fossiles de la France. Terrain crétacé. Tome 8 : Zoophytes. p. 145-192. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Placoseris de Fromentel, 1863 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1511581 on 2025-09-11
original description
Fromentel E. de. (1863). Paléontologie française ou description des Animaux invertébrés fossiles de la France. Terrain crétacé. Tome 8 : Zoophytes. p. 145-192. [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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark The holotype of the type species is largely re-crystallized and, therefore, unrecognizable. Its skeletal structures could correspond to Acrosmilia, Epistreptophyllum, or others. [details]