Scleractinia name details

Placophora de Fromentel, 1879 †

1510886  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1510886)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Scleractinia suborder incertae sedis (Suborder)
  8. Agatheliidae † (Family)
  9. Placophora † (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (homonym)
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  1. Species Placophora basseae Alloiteau, 1958 † accepted as Agathelia basseae (Alloiteau, 1958) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  2. Species Placophora neocomiensis de Fromentel, 1870 † accepted as Agathelia neocomiensis (de Fromentel, 1870) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  3. Species Placophora valentiensis Alloiteau, 1960 † accepted as Agathelia valentiensis (Alloiteau, 1960) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Fromentel, E. de. (1862-1887). Zoophytes, Terrains Crétacés. In: d'Orbigny, A. de (Ed.): Paléontologie Française (1862: 1-144, pls. 1-36; 1863: 145-288, pls. 37-72; 1867: 289-336, pls. 73-86; 1870: 337-384, pls. 87-96; 1873: 385-432, pls. 97-108; 1877: 433-480, pls. 109-120; 1879: 481-512, pls. 121-132; 1883: 513-528, pls. 133-144; 1884: 529-560, pls. 145-156; 1886: 561-608, pls. 157-180; 1887: 609-624, pls. 181-192),. <em>Paris: Masson.</em> 8: 1-624, pls. 1-192. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Placophora de Fromentel, 1879 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510886 on 2026-06-18
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original description Fromentel, E. de. (1862-1887). Zoophytes, Terrains Crétacés. In: d'Orbigny, A. de (Ed.): Paléontologie Française (1862: 1-144, pls. 1-36; 1863: 145-288, pls. 37-72; 1867: 289-336, pls. 73-86; 1870: 337-384, pls. 87-96; 1873: 385-432, pls. 97-108; 1877: 433-480, pls. 109-120; 1879: 481-512, pls. 121-132; 1883: 513-528, pls. 133-144; 1884: 529-560, pls. 145-156; 1886: 561-608, pls. 157-180; 1887: 609-624, pls. 181-192),. <em>Paris: Masson.</em> 8: 1-624, pls. 1-192. [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. (1960). Madreporaires du Portlandien de la Querola pres d'Alcoy (Espagne). <em>Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France (Serie 7).</em> 2(3): 288-299., available online at https://doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.s7-ii.3.288 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Remark A photograph of the holotype of the type species is presented under Agathelia Reuss. [details]
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Placophora) 

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