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Balanophyllia Wood, 1844 
AphiaID: 135108

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Balanophyllia calyculus Wood, 1844 † (type by monotypy)
Parent Dendrophylliidae Gray, 1847
Sources  basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., 1999. Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-Water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna Islands. Mem. Mus. natl. Hist. nat., Paris, 180: 31-167. [details]

additional source: Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson (2010). Corallosphere, available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 2001. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smith. Cont. Zool. 615: 75 pp., 14 pls., 3 figs.  [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 2000. A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Stud. Nat. Hist. Carib. Reg. 75: 321 pp., 215 figs.  [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1995. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). N. Z. Oceanographic Mem, 103: 210 pp. [details]

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 Subgenus Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) Wood, 1844
  » Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bayeri Cairns, 1979
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bonaespei van der Horst, 1938
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) capensis Verrill, 1865
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cedrosensis Durham, 1947
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cellulosa Duncan, 1873
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) chnous Squires, 1962
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) corniculans (Alcock, 1902)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cornu Moseley, 1881
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassiseptum Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassitheca Cairns, 1995
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cyathoides (Pourtalès, 1871)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dentata Tenison Woods, 1879
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) desmophyllioides Vaughan, 1907
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diademata van der Horst, 1927
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diffusa Harrison & Poole, 1909
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dilatata Dennant, 1904
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dineta Cairns, 1977
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diomedeae Vaughan, 1907
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dubia (Semper, 1872)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elegans Verrill, 1864
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elongata (Moseley, 1881)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea (Risso, 1826)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) floridana Pourtalès, 1868
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) galapagensis Vaughan, 1907
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gemma (Moseley, 1881)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gemmifera Klunzinger, 1879
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) generatrix Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gigas Moseley, 1881
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) hadros Cairns, 1979
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) helenae Duncan, 1876
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) iwayamaensis Abe, 1938
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) japonica Cairns, 2001
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) javaensis Cairns, 2001 †
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) kalakauai Wright, 1882
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) laysanensis Vaughan, 1907
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouinensis Squires, 1961
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) merguiensis Duncan, 1889
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) nouhuysi Van Der Horst, 1922
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) palifera Pourtalès, 1878
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) parallela (Semper, 1872)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) parvula Moseley, 1881
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) pittieri Vaughan, 1919
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) profundicella Gardiner, 1899
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) rediviva Moseley, 1881
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scabra Alcock, 1893
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scabrosa (Dana, 1846)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) serrata Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) spongiosa Cairns, 2004
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) striata Duncan, 1876
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) taprobanae Bourne, 1905
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) tenuis van der Horst, 1922
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) thalassae Zibrowius, 1980
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) troprobanae Bourne, 1905
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ukrainensis Cairns, 2001
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) wellsi Cairns, 1977
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) yongei Crossland, 1952
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) annae van der Horst, 1933 accepted as Rhizopsammia annae (van der Horst, 1933)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) buccina Tenison Woods, 1878 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) eguchii Wells, 1982 accepted as Cladopsammia eguchii (Wells, 1982)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elliptica (Tenison Woods, 1878) accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gaditana Duncan, 1873 accepted as Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gigas Moseley, 1881
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) incisa Crossland, 1952 accepted as Dendrophyllia incisa (Crossland, 1952)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouiensis Squires, 1961 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouinensis Squires, 1961
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) osburni Durham & Barnard, 1952 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) galapagensis Vaughan, 1907
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ponderosa van der Horst, 1926 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) praecipua Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 accepted as Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scheeri Durham, 1962 accepted as Rhizopsammia verrilli van der Horst, 1922
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) sumbayaensis Cairns, 2001 accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) stimpsonii (Verrill, 1865)
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) teres Cairns, 1994 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) japonica Cairns, 2001
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) tiburonensis Durham, 1947 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cedrosensis Durham, 1947
» Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) variabilis Gerth, 1921 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) javaensis Cairns, 2001 †
Subgenus Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  » Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) caribbeana Cairns, 1977
» Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) carinata (Semper, 1872)
» Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) imperialis Kent, 1871
» Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pittieri Vaughan, 1919
» Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) regalis (Alcock, 1893)
» Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) stimpsonii (Verrill, 1865)
» Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) grandis accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pittieri Vaughan, 1919
Species Balanophyllia calyculus Wood, 1844 †

Species Balanophyllia balaerica Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853
Species Balanophyllia brevis Duncan, 1882 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853
Species Balanophyllia cornu Sokolow, 1894 † accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ukrainensis Cairns, 2001
Species Balanophyllia formosa Gravier, 1915 accepted as Leptopsammia formosa (Gravier, 1915)
Species Balanophyllia socialis sensu Duncan, 1870 accepted as Leptopsammia britannica (Duncan, 1870)
Species Balanophyllia togata van der Horst, 1927 accepted as Pourtalopsammia togata (van der Horst, 1927)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
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Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate and zooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 0-1150 m [details]

Fossil range: Paleocene to Recent [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135108
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2006-09-06 06:55:51Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-07 13:48:11Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Balanophyllia Wood, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135108 on 2013-05-23
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