WoRMS taxon details
Dichopsammia Song, 1994
267384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267384)
accepted
Genus
Dichopsammia granulosa Song, 1994 (type by original designation)
Schizopsammia Cairns, 1994 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Song J-I. (1994). A systematic study on the Korean Anthozoa 15. Dichopsammia granulosa new genus and new species (Dendrophvllidae, Scleractinia, Zoantharia). <em>Korean Journal of Zoology.</em> 37: 213-221. [details]
Depth range 20-30 m
Depth range 20-30 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dichopsammia Song, 1994. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267384 on 2025-07-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Song J-I. (1994). A systematic study on the Korean Anthozoa 15. Dichopsammia granulosa new genus and new species (Dendrophvllidae, Scleractinia, Zoantharia). <em>Korean Journal of Zoology.</em> 37: 213-221. [details]
original description (of Schizopsammia Cairns, 1994) Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors
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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]
original description (of Schizopsammia Cairns, 1994) Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Taxonomy
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 [request]
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context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [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 [request]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [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
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Comparison Unique in family by having exclusively distomadeal intratentacular budding. [details]Diagnosis Corallum arborescent, produced by distomadeal intratentacular budding; epitheca absent; theca costate and uniformly granular; septa in a weak Pourtalès plan; pali absent; columella feeble; zooxanthellate. [details]
Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Monotypic, not known as a fossil. [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 20-30 m [details]
Publication date Published April, 1994 [details]
