Scleractinia taxon details

Parasmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †

Parasmilia centralis (Mantell,1822), holotype
Parasmilia centralis (Mantell,1822), holotype

206240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206240)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Vacatina (Suborder)
  8. Caryophylliidae (Family)
  9. Parasmilia † (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cyclicosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cycliosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cylicosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monocarya Lonsdale, 1850 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Prototrochocyathus Kolosvary, 1959 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Parasmilia acuticostata Chevalier, 1961 †
  2. Species Parasmilia altavillensis (Defrance, 1817) †
  3. Species Parasmilia ataxensis Beauvais, 1961 †
  4. Species Parasmilia austinensis Roemer, 1888 †
  5. Species Parasmilia bouei Reuss, 1854 †
  6. Species Parasmilia bullardi Wells, 1932 †
  7. Species Parasmilia centralis (Mantell, 1822) †
  8. Species Parasmilia cincta Brünnich Nielsen, 1922 †
  9. Species Parasmilia conica Bölsche, 1866 †
  10. Species Parasmilia cornucopiae Alloiteau, 1939 †
  11. Species Parasmilia crassicostata Reuss, 1868 †
  12. Species Parasmilia cyensis Jell, Cook & Jell, 2011 †
  13. Species Parasmilia cylindrica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †
  14. Species Parasmilia cylindrica Brünnich Nielsen, 1922 †
  15. Species Parasmilia danica Brünnich Nielsen, 1922 †
  16. Species Parasmilia elongata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
  17. Species Parasmilia excentrica Sismonda & Michelotti, 1871 †
  18. Species Parasmilia fittoni Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †
  19. Species Parasmilia flindersensis Dennant, 1904 †
  20. Species Parasmilia granulata Duncan, 1869 †
  21. Species Parasmilia gravesiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †
  22. Species Parasmilia graysonensis Wells, 1933 †
  23. Species Parasmilia hermani Dennant, 1902 †
  24. Species Parasmilia jurassica Milaschewitsch, 1876 †
  25. Species Parasmilia languedocialis Beauvais, 1961 †
  26. Species Parasmilia laticostata Bölsche, 1866 †
  27. Species Parasmilia lindstroemi Hennig, 1899 †
  28. Species Parasmilia lucens Dennant, 1904 †
  29. Species Parasmilia ludoviciana Vaughan, 1900 †
  30. Species Parasmilia mantelli Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †
  31. Species Parasmilia monilis Duncan, 1869 †
  32. Species Parasmilia montaldoensis Chevalier, 1961 †
  33. Species Parasmilia multicostata Oppenheim, 1930 †
  34. Species Parasmilia parva Brünnich Nielsen, 1922 †
  35. Species Parasmilia pergratus (Eliášová, 1997) †
  36. Species Parasmilia pusilla Počta, 1887 †
  37. Species Parasmilia rudis (Reuss, 1845) †
  38. Species Parasmilia scanica Hennig, 1899 †
  39. Species Parasmilia serpentina Milne Edwards & Haime, 1850 †
  40. Species Parasmilia taurinensis Chevalier, 1961 †
  41. Species Parasmilia anderssoni Felix, 1909 † accepted as Flabellum anderssoni (Felix, 1909) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  42. Species Parasmilia arbuscula (Pourtalès, 1874) accepted as Anomocora fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  43. Species Parasmilia faujasii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † accepted as Anomocora faujasii (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  44. Species Parasmilia fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871) accepted as Anomocora fecunda (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Parasmilia lymani Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Dasmosmilia lymani (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  46. Species Parasmilia poculum Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † accepted as Anomocora poculum (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  47. Species Parasmilia punctata Lindström, 1877 accepted as Oxysmilia rotundifolia (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Parasmilia punctata Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † accepted as Anomocora punctata (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  49. Species Parasmilia texana Vaughan, 1903 † accepted as Placotrochus texanus (Vaughan, 1903) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  50. Species Parasmilia variegata Pourtalès, 1871 accepted as Dasmosmilia variegata (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Parasmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206240 on 2026-08-20
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z
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Martinez, Olga
2018-08-07 16:55:30Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2021-05-14 07:55:11Z
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Hoeksema, Bert
2022-06-09 11:59:23Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

original description Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details] 

original description (of Monocarya Lonsdale, 1850 †) Lonsdale W. (1850). Catalogue of the fossils of the Eocene formations of Bognor: Descriptions of the fossils of the Chalk Formation: Corals of the Chalk. <em>In: Dixon F. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex.</em> Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, pp. 237-324., available online at https://books.google.be/books?id=ObU19mtxJsIC&ots=6WPON0nh5I&dq=Lonsdale%2C%20W.%091850%09The%20Geology%20and%20Fossils%20of%20the%20Tertiary%20and%20Cretaceous%20Formations%20of%20Sussex.&lr&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q&f=false [details] 

original description (of Cylicosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Note sur la classification de la deuxième tribu de la famille des Astréides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 27: 490–497., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.29692 [details] 

original description (of Cyclicosmilia d'Orbigny, 1849 †) 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 Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details] 

additional source 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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. <em>Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde.</em> i-xviii, 1-576. [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] 
 
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Diagnosis Solitary, trochoid, fixed. Columella spongy or net-like. Costosepta compact. Septal margins smooth or slightly granular. Endothecal dissepiments sparse, developed deep in corallum. Wall septothecal to septoparathecal. [details]
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