Scleractinia name details
Psammosmilia de Fromentel, 1866 †
1581444 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581444)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Psammosmilia orbigny Fromentel, 1866 † accepted as Desmophyllum orbigny (de Fromentel, 1866) † (type by monotypy)
- Species Psammosmilia orbigny Fromentel, 1866 † accepted as Desmophyllum orbigny (de Fromentel, 1866) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Psammosmilia orientalis Stoliczka, 1873 † accepted as Desmophyllum orientalis (Stoliczka, 1873) † (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 superseded combination, basionym)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. Psammosmilia de Fromentel, 1866 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581444 on 2026-05-01
Date
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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 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]
additional source Stoliczka, F. (1873). Cretaceous fauna of Southern India. Ser. VIII. 4-5. The corals or Anthozoa with notes on the Sponges, Foraminifera, Arthrozoa and Spondylozoa. <em>Memoirs of the Geology of India. Palaeontologia Indica.</em> . 4(8): 130-202, pls. 1-12. [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]
additional source Stoliczka, F. (1873). Cretaceous fauna of Southern India. Ser. VIII. 4-5. The corals or Anthozoa with notes on the Sponges, Foraminifera, Arthrozoa and Spondylozoa. <em>Memoirs of the Geology of India. Palaeontologia Indica.</em> . 4(8): 130-202, pls. 1-12. [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality