WoRMS taxon details
Oxysmilia Duchassaing, 1870
267664 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267664)
accepted
Genus
Lophosmilia rotundifolia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Oxysmilia rotundifolia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (type by monotypy)
- Species Oxysmilia corrugata Cairns, 1999
- Species Oxysmilia rotundifolia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
- Species Oxysmilia circularis Cairns, 1998 accepted as Monohedotrochus circularis (Cairns, 1998) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Oxysmilia epithecata Cairns, 1999 accepted as Monohedotrochus epithecatus (Cairns, 1999) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Oxysmilia portoricensis (Vaughan, 1902) accepted as Oxysmilia rotundifolia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. (1870). Revue des Zoophytes et des Spongiaires des Antilles. <em>Masson, Paris.</em> 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69814 [details] 
Depth range 46-640 m
Depth range 46-640 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Oxysmilia Duchassaing, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267664 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P. (1870). Revue des Zoophytes et des Spongiaires des Antilles. <em>Masson, Paris.</em> 1-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69814 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1978). New genus and species of ahermatypic coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 9l(l): 216-221, 1(1), text-fig.
page(s): 217 [details] Available for editors
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additional source 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]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1978). New genus and species of ahermatypic coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) from the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 9l(l): 216-221, 1(1), text-fig.
page(s): 217 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source 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]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors
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Comparison Like Monohedotrochus but having a polycyclic base [details]Diagnosis Corallum solitary, ceratoid to trochoid, and attached; base polycyclic; septotheca costate; pali absent; columella papillose or an elongate fused mass. [details]
Remark Two Recent species only [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 46-640 m [details]
