WoRMS taxon details
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea (Risso, 1826)
AphiaID: 135180
AphiaID: 135180
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Balanophyllia (Genus) > Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) Wood, 1844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caryophyllia europaea Risso, 1826 Desmophyllum stellaria Ehrenberg, 1834 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices [details] redescription: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp. page(s): 183 [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | East North Atlantic [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 0-50 m [details] Habitat: shelf [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Hoeksema, B. (2013). Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea (Risso, 1826). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135180 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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