Scleractinia taxon details
Lobopsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
494764 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494764)
accepted
Genus
Lithodendron cariosum Goldfuss, 1826 † accepted as Lobopsammia cariosa (Goldfuss, 1826) † (type by subsequent designation)
Placopsammia Reuss, 1859 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Lobopsammia arbuscula Felix, 1885 †
- Species Lobopsammia cariosa (Goldfuss, 1826) †
- Species Lobopsammia dichotoma (Reuss, 1859) †
- Species Lobopsammia dilitata Roemer, 1863 †
- Species Lobopsammia miocenica Michelotti, 1871 †
- Species Lobopsammia aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) accepted as Tubastraea aurea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lobopsammia cariosum (Goldfuss, 1826) † accepted as Lobopsammia cariosa (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Lobopsammia darwini Duncan, 1876 accepted as Tubastraea coccinea Lesson, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lobopsammia faxenses (Lyell, 1837) † accepted as Faksephyllia faxoensis (Lyell, 1837) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lobopsammia robusta Bourne, 1905 accepted as Dendrophyllia robusta (Bourne, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [details]
Fossil range Middle Eocene to Middle Oligocene
Fossil range Middle Eocene to Middle Oligocene [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Lobopsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494764 on 2025-09-10
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Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 3. Monographie des eupsammides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 65-114, pls. 5-9. [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
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
redescription 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
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
additional source Milne Edwards H (1860) Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 3: 1-560. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source 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]
redescription 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
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Comparison Very similar to Schizopsammia but having some tristomadeal budding, a basal epitheca, and some endotheca. [details]Diagnosis Corallum forming small arborescent colonies by di- and tristomadeal intratentacular budding; calices often elongate; epitheca present; theca costate; septa in Pourtalès plan; columella trabecular. [details]
Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Five species, all fossil. [details]
Unreviewed
Fossil range Middle Eocene to Middle Oligocene [details]
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