Dendrophylliidae
Gray, 1847
Synonyms
Diagnosis
Corallum solitary or colonial, free or attached, most azooxanthellate, sometimes reproducing by transverse division; septa laminar, composed of one fan system of numerous, irregularly spaced, simple trabeculae resulting in a smooth axial margin, at least in lower-cycle (S1-2) septa, but a porous septum; wall synapticulothecate, both wall and septa being somewhat porous; endotheca and dissepiments may be present; septa usually hexameral, often arranged in a Pourtales plan; pali and columella present or absent.
Remarks
A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the genera of this family was published by Cairns (2001).
Contains
- Paretallonia Sikharulidze, 1972
- Wadeopsammia Wells, 1933, p. 227
- Aplopsammia Alloiteau, 1958, p. 146
- Makridinophyllia Kuzmicheva, 1987, p. 152
- Cladopsammia Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897, p. 208
- Turbinacis Quenstedt, 1880, p.
- Blastozopsammia Filkorn and Alor, 2004, p. 505
- Balanophyllia Wood, 1844, p. 11
- Palaeopsammia Wanner, 1902, p. 104
- Rhectopsammia Vaughan, 1900, p. 514
- Diegosmilia Alloiteau, 1958, p. 153
- Notophyllia Dennant, 1899, p. 285
- Dichopsammia Song, 1994, p. 213
- Stereopsammia Milne Edwards, 1850, p. liii
- Heteropsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 89
- Areopsammia Dietrich, 1917, p. 307
- Eguchipsammia Cairns, 1994, p. 85
- Kumbiopsammia Alloiteau, 1958, p. 201
- Pachycyathus Alloiteau, 1958, p. 97
- Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830, p. 319
- Reussopsammia Wells, 1937, p. 75
- Endopsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 91
- Alcockia Eguchi, 1968, p. C63
- Tubastraea Lesson, 1829, p. 93
- Clonotrochus Schafhaeutl, 1863, p. 32
- Lamellophyllia Chevalier, 1961, p. 491
- Patellocyathus Reig Oriol, 1995, p. 22
- Enallopsammia Michelotti In Sismonda, 1871, p. 285
- Porosmilia Umbgrove, 1925, 113
- Rhabdopsammia Alloiteau, 1952, p. 680
- Coenopsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 106
- Turbinaria Oken, 1815, p. 67
- Ilerdosmilia Reig Oriol, 1997, p. 24
- Paracyclolites Wells, 1933, p. 117
- Osteodes Conrad, 1855, p. 263
- Astropsammia Verrill, 1869, p. 392
- Paleoastroides Chevalier, 1961, p. 487
- Endopachys Lonsdale, 1845, p. 514
- Lobopsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 105
- Placopsammia Reuss, 1859, p. 486
- Poutalopsammia Cairns, 2001, p. 22
- Cahuzacopsammia Chaix, 1999, p. 806
- Gemmipora Blainville, 1830, p. 352
- Desmopsammia Reis, 1889, p. 108
- Sakalavicyathus Alloiteau, 1958, p. 195
- Stichopsammia Felix, 1885, p. 417
- Leptopsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 90
- Ceratopsammia Alloiteau, 1958, p. 199
- Astreoides deBlainville, 1830, p. 332
- Astroites Dana, 1846, p. 405
- Patelopsammia Reig Oriol, 1988, p. 3
- Bathypsammia Marenzeller, 1907, p. 8
- Blastopsammia Klunzinger, 1879, p. 80
- Astroides Quoy and Gaimard, 1827, p. 187
- Trochopsammia Pourtales, 1878, p. 208
- Anisopsammia Marenzeller, 1904, p. 204
- Pachysammia Verrill, 1866, p. 30
- Thecopsammia Pourtales, 1868, p. 138
- Schizopsammia Cairns, 1994, p. 94
- Duncanopsammia Wells, 1936, p. 547
- Rhodopsammia Semper, 1872, p. 257
- Pallarsastrea Reig Oriol, 1989, p. 20
- Rhizopsammia Verrill, 1870, p. 510
- Brasseyia Wright, 1882, p. 77
This page has been in preparation since 02-Oct-2009 17:15
This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 15-Jul-2010 20:05.
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The editor is: Stephen D. Cairns
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