Scleractinia name details
Elasmogyra Beauvais, 1982 †
1581367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581367)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Aplosmilia crucifera Felix, 1903 † (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Beauvais M. (1982). Révision Systématique des Madréporaires des couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche). 5 vols. <em>Paris (Comptoir géologique). - Trav. Lab. Paleont. Univ. P. & M. Curie. 1-710. Paris.</em> [details]
Status This genus has recently been revised (Baron-Szabo, 2014a, p. 47, pl. 49, figs. 1-6).
Status This genus has recently been revised (Baron-Szabo, 2014a, p. 47, pl. 49, figs. 1-6). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Elasmogyra Beauvais, 1982 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581367 on 2025-09-10
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Beauvais M. (1982). Révision Systématique des Madréporaires des couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche). 5 vols. <em>Paris (Comptoir géologique). - Trav. Lab. Paleont. Univ. P. & M. Curie. 1-710. Paris.</em> [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Remark Based on the species Aplosmilia crucifera Felix, 1903, Beauvais (1982, vol. 2, p. 119) created the genus Elasmogyra. According to him, Felix’ material was characterized by fungiid (-funginellid) skeletal structures instead of rhipidogyrid features as were believed by Felix (1903) to be present (they are characteristic of the genus Aplosmilia). However, re-study of the type (Baron-Szabo, 2014, p. 47, pl. 49, figs. 1-6) revealed that in forming phaceloid-subflabellate clumps by intracalicular budding; having septa that are thick near the wall (partly due to merging of adjacent septa) and have rounded to crispate ornamentations laterally; trabecular columellar structures that appear as irregular lamellar segments; a (septothecal-) synapticulothecal wall with occasional pores; and septa that are normally arranged or irregularly follow the Pourtalès plan, the genus Elasmogyra closely corresponds to the genus Rhabdopsammia. Therefore, their synonymy is suggested. [details]Status This genus has recently been revised (Baron-Szabo, 2014a, p. 47, pl. 49, figs. 1-6). [details]