Scleractinia taxon details
Dactylosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849 †
1510754 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1510754)
accepted
Genus
Dactylosmilia carantonensis Orbigny, 1849 † (type by original designation)
- Species Dactylosmilia carantonensis Orbigny, 1849 †
- Species Dactylosmilia cenomana d'Orbigny, 1850 † accepted as Dendrosmilia cenomana (d'Orbigny, 1850) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1849). Note sur des Polypiers fossiles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e sér.</em> 1: 526-538. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Dactylosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510754 on 2026-09-13
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original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1849). Note sur des Polypiers fossiles. <em>Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, 2e sér.</em> 1: 526-538. [details]
basis of record 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 Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
basis of record 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 Alloiteau J. (1957). Contribution à la systématique des Madréporaires fossiles. <em>Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.</em> pp 462. [details]
From editor or global species database
Comparison Like Cladocora but septa exsert and strongly granulated. [details]Diagnosis Colonial, dendroid. Gemmation intracalicinal. Costosepta exsert, compact, radially arranged, strongly granulated laterally. Pali present. Columella fasciculo-lamellar. Wall septothecal. Endothecal dissepiments thin, abundant. [details]
Remark Alloiteau (1957, p. 197) gave a description of the holotype of Dactylosmilia d'Orbigny without any illustration. Based on his description it remains unclear how much this genus resembles the genus Cladophyllia. An attempt to study the type specimen of Dactylosmilia in the years of 2000 and 2009 failed because the specimen could not be found at the Institute de Paléontologie du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, France. Therefore, the position of the genus Dactylosmilia d'Orbigny cannot be clarified. [details]
