Scleractinia taxon details
Balanopsammia wirtzi Ocaña & Brito, 2013
743504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:743504)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Ocaña O, Brito A. (2013). Balanopsammia wirtzi, a new genus and species of coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from the Cape Verde Islands: A comparative study with the Mediterranean Cladopsammia rolandi. <em>Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum.</em> 25(1): 87-104. [details] Available for editors 
Depth range 0-10 m
Depth range 0-10 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2021). World List of Scleractinia. Balanopsammia wirtzi Ocaña & Brito, 2013. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=743504 on 2026-09-10
original description
Ocaña O, Brito A. (2013). Balanopsammia wirtzi, a new genus and species of coral (Anthozoa: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from the Cape Verde Islands: A comparative study with the Mediterranean Cladopsammia rolandi. <em>Folia Canariensis Academiae Scientiarum.</em> 25(1): 87-104. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ocaña O, den Hartog JC, Brito A, Morro L, Herrara R, Martin J, Ramos-Espla AA, Ballesteros E, Bacallado JJ. (2015). A survey on Anthozoa and its habitats along the northwest African coast and some islands: new records, descriptions of new taxa and biogeographical, ecological and taxonomical comments. part 1. <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 27: 9-66.
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors
additional source Ocaña O, den Hartog JC, Brito A, Morro L, Herrara R, Martin J, Ramos-Espla AA, Ballesteros E, Bacallado JJ. (2015). A survey on Anthozoa and its habitats along the northwest African coast and some islands: new records, descriptions of new taxa and biogeographical, ecological and taxonomical comments. part 1. <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 27: 9-66.
page(s): 47 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
