Dactylopora Lamarck, 1816

Holotype species: Dactylopora cylindracea Lamarck

Publication details: Lamarck, 1816: 188

Original publication and holotype designation: Lamarck, J.B. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Vol. 2 pp. 1-568. Paris: Verdière.

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Fossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2023-08-20 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Blainville, H.M.D. de (1834). Manuel d'actinologie ou de zoophytologie, contenant 1.° Une histoire abrégée de cette partie de la zoologie, avec des considérations générales sur l'anatomie, la physiologie, les moeurs, les habitudes et les usages des Actinozoaires; 2.° Un système général d'Actinologie, tiré à la fois des animaux et de leurs parties solides ou polypiers; 3.° Un catalogue des principaux auteurs qui ont écrit sur ce sujet. Avec un atlas de 100 planches représentant une espèce de chaque genre et sous-genre. pp. [i]-viii, [1]-694, [i, err.], Atlas: 103 copper engravings by Prêtre ("pinxit"), Turpin ("direxit") and Massard ("sculpsit"). Paris & Strasbourg: F.G. Levrault.

Nomenclatural note
Originally published as a fossil polyp. - (08 August 2022) - E.A. Molinari Novoa

Taxonomic note
The later homonym Dactylopora Risso (Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et principalement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes 5: p. 346) is a genus of bryozoans comprising two species that are currrently classified in other genera: D. cervicornis is a rejected synonym (nomen oblitum) of Turbicellepora avicularis (Hincks, 1860), while D. irregularis is another nomen oblitum, synonym of Schizoporella errata (Waters, 1878). See the determinations of the syntypes in the MNHN of Paris for further information. - (20 August 2023) - E.A. Molinari Novoa

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 20 August 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 13 June 2025