Scleractinia name details

Elasmogyra M. Beauvais, 1982 †

1581367  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581367)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Elasmogyra † (Genus)
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
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  1. Species Elasmogyra crucifera (Felix, 1903) † accepted as Rhabdopsammia crucifera (Felix, 1903) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Beauvais M. (1982). Révision systématique des madréporaires des Couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche), Sous-ordres Archaeocoeniina, Stylinina, Astraeoina, Meandriina,Caryophilliina: 1-256; 2, Sous-ordre Fungiina: 1-277; 3,Sous-ordre Heterocoeniina, sous-classe Octocorallia, classeHydrozoa: 1-177; 4, Atlas photographies: 11-71, pls., 1- 71;5, Atlas figures (not paginated). Travaux du Laboratoire depaléontologie des invertébrés. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Invertébrés.</em> 2: 1-278. [details] 
Status This genus has recently been revised (Baron-Szabo, 2014a, p. 47, pl. 49, figs. 1-6).  
Status This genus has recently been revised (Baron-Szabo, 2014a, p. 47, pl. 49, figs. 1-6). [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Elasmogyra M. Beauvais, 1982 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581367 on 2026-05-08
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original description Beauvais M. (1982). Révision systématique des madréporaires des Couches de Gosau (Crétacé supérieur, Autriche), Sous-ordres Archaeocoeniina, Stylinina, Astraeoina, Meandriina,Caryophilliina: 1-256; 2, Sous-ordre Fungiina: 1-277; 3,Sous-ordre Heterocoeniina, sous-classe Octocorallia, classeHydrozoa: 1-177; 4, Atlas photographies: 11-71, pls., 1- 71;5, Atlas figures (not paginated). Travaux du Laboratoire depaléontologie des invertébrés. Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. <em>Travaux du Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Invertébrés.</em> 2: 1-278. [details] 

basis of record 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] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Remark Based on the species Aplosmilia crucifera Felix, 1903, Beauvais (1982, vol. 2, p. 119) created the genus Elasmogyra. According to him, Felix’ material was characterized by fungiid (-funginellid) skeletal structures instead of rhipidogyrid features as were believed by Felix (1903) to be present (they are characteristic of the genus Aplosmilia). However, re-study of the type (Baron-Szabo, 2014, p. 47, pl. 49, figs. 1-6) revealed that in forming phaceloid-subflabellate clumps by intracalicular budding; having septa that are thick near the wall (partly due to merging of adjacent septa) and have rounded to crispate ornamentations laterally; trabecular columellar structures that appear as irregular lamellar segments; a (septothecal-) synapticulothecal wall with occasional pores; and septa that are normally arranged or irregularly follow the Pourtalès plan, the genus Elasmogyra closely corresponds to the genus Rhabdopsammia. Therefore, their synonymy is suggested. [details]

Status This genus has recently been revised (Baron-Szabo, 2014a, p. 47, pl. 49, figs. 1-6). [details]

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