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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853 
AphiaID: 135181

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		  Balanophyllia balaerica Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897
 Balanophyllia brevis Duncan, 1882
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]

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: Zibrowius, H. 1980, Les Scleractiniares de la Mediterranee et de l Atlantique nord-oriental. Mem. Inst. ocean. , Monaco, 11: 284 pp.
page(s): 185 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch gouden sterkoraal  [details]
English golden star coral  [details]
English scarlet coral  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
East North Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
West Coast of England [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
To ITIS
Notes  Biology: solitary; azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 2-100 m [details]

Habitat: coastal [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Image 
Van Beneden (1867, pl. 19)
Van Beneden (1867, pl. 19)
added on 2008-05-07 - author: P.J. Van Beneden
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: checked by Fautin, Daphne on 2009-12-24 17:19:12
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135181
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hoeksema, Bert
2010-11-18 00:03:49Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135181 on 2013-05-26
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