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
- Aplopsammia Alloiteau, 1958, p. 146
- Areopsammia Dietrich, 1917, p. 307
- Astroides Quoy and Gaimard, 1827, p. 187
- Balanophyllia Wood, 1844, p. 11
- Bathypsammia Marenzeller, 1907, p. 8
- Blastozopsammia Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor, 2004, p. 505
- Cahuzacopsammia Chaix, 1999, p. 806
- Cairnsipsammia Baron-Szabo, 2015, p. 223
- Cladopsammia Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897, p. 208
- Dendrophyllia Blainville, 1830, p. 319
- Desmopsammia Reis, 1889, p. 108
- Dichopsammia Song, 1994, p. 213
- Duncanopsammia Wells, 1936, p. 547
- Eguchipsammia Cairns, 1994, p. 85
- Enallopsammia Michelotti In Sismonda, 1871, p. 285
- Endopachys Lonsdale, 1845, p. 514
- Endopsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 91
- Explanaria Lamarck, 1816
- Heteropsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 89
- Lamellophyllia Chevalier, 1961, p. 491
- Leptopsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 90
- Lobopsammia Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 105
- Makridinophyllia Kuzmicheva, 1987, p. 152
- Notophyllia Dennant, 1899, p. 285
- Palaeopsammia Wanner, 1902, p. 104
- Paleoastroides Chevalier, 1961, p. 487
- Pourtalopsammia Cairns, 2001, p. 22
- Reussopsammia Wells, 1937, p. 75
- Rhabdopsammia Alloiteau, 1952, p. 680
- Rhizopsammia Verrill, 1870, p. 510
- Stereopsammia Milne Edwards, 1850, p. liii
- Stichopsammia Felix, 1885, p. 417
- Thecopsammia Pourtales, 1868, p. 138
- Trochopsammia Pourtales, 1878, p. 208
- Tubastraea Lesson, 1829, p. 93
- Wadeopsammia Wells, 1933, p. 227
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This version was contributed by Stephen D. Cairns on 15-Jul-2010 20:05.
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