Scleractinia name details
Ceratopsammia Alloiteau, 1958 †
1581480 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581480)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Ceratopsammia besairei Alloiteau, 1958 † accepted as Balanophyllia besairei (Alloiteau, 1958) † (type by original designation)
- Species Ceratopsammia besairei Alloiteau, 1958 † accepted as Balanophyllia besairei (Alloiteau, 1958) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Alloiteau J. (1958). Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar. <em>Annales Géologiques de Madagascar.</em> 25: 1-218, pls 1-38. [details]
Status Subgenus of Balanophyllia
Status Subgenus of Balanophyllia [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Ceratopsammia Alloiteau, 1958 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581480 on 2025-06-04
Date
action
by
original description
Alloiteau J. (1958). Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar. <em>Annales Géologiques de Madagascar.</em> 25: 1-218, pls 1-38. [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]




From editor or global species database
Status Subgenus of Balanophyllia [details]