Marine Species Traits - Phyllogyra Tomes, 1882 †

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Phyllogyra Tomes, 1882 †

Phyllogyra 2

AphiaID

1438163 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1438163)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Thecosmiliidae Duncan, 1884 †

Original name

Phyllogyra Tomes, 1882 †

Direct children (2)

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Species Phyllogyra etheridgei (Duncan, 1872) †
Species Phyllogyra sinuosa Tomes, 1882 † accepted as Paraphyllogyra sinuosa (Tomes, 1882) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Tomes RF. (1882). On the Madreporaria of the Inferior Oolite of the neighbourhood of Cheltenham and Gloucester. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 38: 409-450, pl. 18., available online at http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/cgi/doi/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1882.038.01-04.45 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Phyllogyra Tomes, 1882 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438163 on 2026-06-09

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Phyllogyra Tomes, 1882 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1438163 on 2026-06-09

Taxonomic edit history

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2020-05-31 10:18:00Z

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2020-11-27 09:38:34Z

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original description Tomes RF. (1882). On the Madreporaria of the Inferior Oolite of the neighbourhood of Cheltenham and Gloucester. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 38: 409-450, pl. 18., available online at http://jgslegacy.lyellcollection.org/cgi/doi/10.1144/GSL.JGS.1882.038.01-04.45 [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]

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 Beauvais L. (1970). Sur quelques genres nouveaux ou peu connus de Madréporaires jurassiques. Eclogae geologicae Helvetiae. 63 (3): 1109-1131, pls. 1-4. [details]

additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. American Journal of Science. 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]

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