WoRMS name details

Balanophyllia wellsi Cairns, 1977

1431051  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1431051)

alternative representation
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (1977). A review of the Recent species of Balanophyllia (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the western Atlantic, with descriptions of four new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 90(1): 132-148.  [details]   
Holotype  USNM 45855, geounit Bahamas Exclusive...  
Holotype USNM 45855, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia wellsi Cairns, 1977. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1431051 on 2024-04-23
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original description Cairns, S.D. (1977). A review of the Recent species of Balanophyllia (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the western Atlantic, with descriptions of four new species. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 90(1): 132-148.  [details]   

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Reyes J, Santodomingo N, Flórez P. (2010). Corales Escleractinios de Colombia. <em>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Santa Marta, Colombia.</em> pp 1-246. [details]   

additional source Santodomingo, N.; Reyes, J.; Flórez, P.; Chacón-Gómez, I.C.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Hoeksema, B.W. (2012). Diversity and distribution of azooxanthellate corals in the Colombian Caribbean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 43(1): 7-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-012-0131-6 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 26 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341.
page(s): 4, 175, 176, 177, 202, 236, 318, 320, 334 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype USNM 45855, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 80913, geounit Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype RSMAS 0,53402777778, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 45856, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 45857, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]