Scleractinia taxon details
Pourtalopsammia Cairns, 2001
267765 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267765)
accepted
Genus
Balanophyllia togata van der Horst, 1927 accepted as Pourtalopsammia togata (van der Horst, 1927) (type by original designation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors 
Depth range 155-775 m
Depth range 155-775 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Pourtalopsammia Cairns, 2001. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267765 on 2025-09-10
Date
action
by
original description
Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
additional source 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]
additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Comparison Differs from Bathypsammia in lacking a columella [details]Diagnosis Corallum solitary, ceratoid to subcylindrical, attached; epitheca well developed; septa arranged normally; columella absent; azooxanthellate. [details]
Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Genus monotypic. [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 155-775 m [details]
From editor or global species database
