WoRMS taxon details
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diomedeae Vaughan, 1907
AphiaID: 286918
AphiaID: 286918
| 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 (Balanophyllia) diomedeae var. mauensis Vaughan, 1907 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (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: Cairns, S.D., 1984. New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. Occasional papers of the Bishop Musem, 25(10): 1-30. [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Variety Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diomedeae var. mauensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diomedeae Vaughan, 1907 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Central Pacific Ocean [details] West Pacific [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 110-307 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286918 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diomedeae Vaughan, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286918 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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