Scleractinia name details
Eupsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
510200 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510200)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Genus
Madrepora trochiformis Pallas, 1766 † accepted as Balanophyllia trochiformis (Pallas, 1766) † represented as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) trochiformis (Pallas, 1766) † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Eupsammia bayliana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bayliana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia bossolensis (Chevalier, 1961) † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bossolensis Chevalier, 1961 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eupsammia brongniartiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) brongniartiana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia clarendonensis Wells, 1934 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) clarendonensis (Wells, 1934) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia compressa Sismonda, 1871 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) compressa (Sismonda, 1871) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia conradi Vaughan, 1900 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) conradi (Vaughan, 1900) † (basionym, changed combination)
- Species Eupsammia denotata Stoliczka, 1873 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) denotata (Stoliczka, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia haleana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) haleana (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia irregularis De Angelis, 1894 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) meneghinii Sismonda, 1871 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, ?)
- Species Eupsammia irregularis Zuffardi-Comerci, 1932 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bossolensis Chevalier, 1961 † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Species Eupsammia narindensis Alloiteau, 1936 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) narindensis (Alloiteau, 1936) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia regalis Alcock, 1893 accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) regalis (Alcock, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eupsammia sismondiana (Michelin, 1841) † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana (Michelin, 1841) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Eupsammia stimpsoniana Verrill, 1865 accepted as Tubastraea stimpsonii (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded combination, unjustified emendation)
- Species Eupsammia stimpsonii Verrill, 1866 accepted as Tubastraea stimpsonii (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia teres Roemer, 1863 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) teres (Roemer, 1863) † (basionym, changed combination)
- Species Eupsammia trochiformis (Pallas, 1766) † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) trochiformis (Pallas, 1766) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Eupsammia varians Stoliczka, 1873 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) varians (Stoliczka, 1873) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
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]
Status A subgenus of Balanophyllia
Status A subgenus of Balanophyllia [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Eupsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510200 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 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]
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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Like the nominal subgenus, but having an unattached, monocyclic base. [details]Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. 45 species, 40 of which are known as fossil (Cairns, 2001). [details]
Status A subgenus of Balanophyllia [details]