Scleractinia taxon details
Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) imperialis Saville Kent, 1871
286929 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286929)
accepted
Species
Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871 · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) Saville Kent W. (1871). On some new and little-known species of madrepores, or stony corals, in the British Museum Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1871.</em> 275-286, pls. 23-25. [details]
Depth range 18-120 m
Depth range 18-120 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) imperialis Saville Kent, 1871. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286929 on 2025-05-02
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(of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) Saville Kent W. (1871). On some new and little-known species of madrepores, or stony corals, in the British Museum Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London for the Year 1871.</em> 275-286, pls. 23-25. [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Arrigoni R, Kitano YF, Stolarski J, Hoeksema BW, Fukami H, Stefani F, Galli P, Montano S, Castoldi E, Benzoni F. (2014). A phylogeny reconstruction of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) based on molecular and micromorphological criteria, and its ecological implications. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43 (6): 661-688., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12072 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Arrigoni R, Kitano YF, Stolarski J, Hoeksema BW, Fukami H, Stefani F, Galli P, Montano S, Castoldi E, Benzoni F. (2014). A phylogeny reconstruction of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) based on molecular and micromorphological criteria, and its ecological implications. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 43 (6): 661-688., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12072 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) BMNH, geounit Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) MNHN, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) MNHN, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) NTM C8067, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) USNM 97605, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) USNM 97606, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) USNM 97607, geounit Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) USNM 97608, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) USNM 97609, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871) WAM 36-96, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balanophyllia imperialis) (from synonym Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (21 records)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balanophyllia imperialis) (from synonym Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871)
To GenBank (44 nucleotides; 16 proteins) (from synonym Balanophyllia imperialis Saville Kent, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (21 records)
To ITIS