WoRMS taxon details
Rhizopsammia Verrill, 1870
206565 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206565)
accepted
Genus
Rhizopsammia pulchra Verrill, 1870 (type by monotypy)
- Species Rhizopsammia annae (van der Horst, 1933)
- Species Rhizopsammia bermudensis Wells, 1972
- Species Rhizopsammia compacta Sheppard & Sheppard, 1991
- Species Rhizopsammia cylindrica Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Rhizopsammia goesi (Lindström, 1877)
- Species Rhizopsammia laciniosa Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Rhizopsammia minuta van der Horst, 1922
- Species Rhizopsammia nuda van der Horst, 1926
- Species Rhizopsammia propagata Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Rhizopsammia pulchra Verrill, 1870
- Species Rhizopsammia verrilli van der Horst, 1922
- Species Rhizopsammia wellingtoni Wells, 1982
- Species Rhizopsammia wettsteini Scheer & Pillai, 1983
- Species Rhizopsammia bikiniensis Wells, 1954 accepted as Rhizopsammia minuta van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizopsammia chamissoi Wells, 1954 accepted as Cladopsammia gracilis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Rhizopsammia manuelensis Chevalier, 1966 accepted as Cladopsammia manuelensis (Chevalier, 1966) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Verrill, AE. (1868-1870). Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/34032#/summary [details]
Depth range 0-278 m
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent
Depth range 0-278 m [details]
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Rhizopsammia Verrill, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206565 on 2024-11-20
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original description
Verrill, AE. (1868-1870). Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 6. Review of the polyps and corals of the West Coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1: 377-558, pls. 5-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/34032#/summary [details]
basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-429 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 136 [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]
additional source Van der Horst, C.J. (1933). Balanophyllia annae, a new species of coral from the Cape seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10).</em> 12: 156-158, pl. 7.
page(s): 156 [details]
additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-429 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 136 [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]
additional source Van der Horst, C.J. (1933). Balanophyllia annae, a new species of coral from the Cape seas. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 10).</em> 12: 156-158, pl. 7.
page(s): 156 [details]
additional source Boshoff, P.H. (1981). An annotated checklist of Southern Africa Scleractinia. <em>Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report, Durban.</em> 49: 1-45.
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Comparison Unique in the family in having stoloniferous budding [details]Diagnosis Corallum colonial, forming small reptoid colonies by extratentacular stoloniferous budding; costae finely granular; Pourtalès plan present; pali absent; columella present and small; azooxanthellate. [details]
Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. Eleven species, only one of which is fossil. [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 0-278 m [details]
Fossil range Pliocene to Recent [details]
