WoRMS 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 superseded combination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 regalis Alcock, 1893 accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) regalis (Alcock, 1893) (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 superseded combination)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 superseded combination, unjustified emendation)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 superseded combination, basionym)
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. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Eupsammia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510200 on 2024-04-20
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original description
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]
