Scleractinia name details
Placopsammia dichotoma Reuss, 1859 †
1582875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1582875)
unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Species
Placopsammia Duncan, 1876 accepted as Tubastraea Lesson, 1830
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Holotype , verbatimGeounit Middle Eocene: Germa...
, Note Middle Eocene: Germany
Holotype , verbatimGeounit Middle Eocene: Germa... [details]
Type locality Middle Eocene: Germany [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Placopsammia dichotoma Reuss, 1859 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1582875 on 2025-09-11
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]
Holotype , verbatimGeounit Middle Eocene: Germa... [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality Middle Eocene: Germany [details]