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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) Wood, 1844

509950  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:509950)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Balanophyllia (Genus)
  10. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) (Subgenus)
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  1. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  2. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bayeri Cairns, 1979
  3. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bonaespei van der Horst, 1938
  4. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) capensis Verrill, 1866
  5. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cedrosensis Durham, 1947
  6. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cellulosa Duncan, 1873
  7. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) chnous Squires, 1962
  8. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) corniculans (Alcock, 1902)
  9. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cornu Moseley, 1880
  10. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassiseptum Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
  11. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassitheca Cairns, 1995
  12. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  13. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cyathoides (Pourtalès, 1871)
  14. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dentata Tenison-Woods, 1879
  15. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) desmophyllioides Vaughan, 1907
  16. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diademata van der Horst, 1927
  17. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diffusa Harrison & Poole, 1909
  18. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dilatata Dennant, 1904
  19. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dineta Cairns, 1977
  20. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diomedeae Vaughan, 1907
  21. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dubia (Semper, 1872)
  22. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elegans Verrill, 1864
  23. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea (Risso, 1827)
  24. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) floridana Pourtalès, 1868
  25. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) galapagensis Vaughan, 1906
  26. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gemma (Moseley, 1880)
  27. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gemmifera Klunzinger, 1879
  28. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) generatrix Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
  29. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gigas Moseley, 1880
  30. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) hadros Cairns, 1979
  31. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) helenae Duncan, 1876
  32. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) italica (Michelin, 1841)
  33. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) iwayamaensis Abe, 1938
  34. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) japonica Cairns, 2001
  35. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) kalakauai Wright, 1882
  36. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) laysanensis Vaughan, 1907
  37. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouinensis Squires, 1961
  38. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) merguiensis Duncan, 1889
  39. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) palifera Pourtalès, 1878
  40. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) parallela (Semper, 1872)
  41. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) parvula Moseley, 1880
  42. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) profundicella Gardiner, 1899
  43. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) rediviva Moseley, 1880
  44. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853
  45. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scabra Alcock, 1893
  46. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scabrosa (Dana, 1846)
  47. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) serrata Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
  48. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) spongiosa Cairns, 2004
  49. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) striata Duncan, 1876
  50. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) taprobanae Bourne, 1905
  51. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) tenuis van der Horst, 1922
  52. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) thalassae Zibrowius, 1980
  53. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001
  54. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) wellsi Cairns, 1977
  55. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) yongei Crossland, 1952
  56. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) annae Van der Horst, 1933 accepted as Rhizopsammia annae (van der Horst, 1933) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  57. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) buccina Tenison-Woods, 1878 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  58. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) eguchii Wells, 1982 accepted as Cladopsammia eguchii (Wells, 1982) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  59. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elliptica (Tenison-Woods, 1878) accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  60. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gaditana Duncan, 1873 accepted as Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  61. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) hawaiiensis Vaughan, 1907 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gigas Moseley, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  62. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) incisa Crossland, 1952 accepted as Dendrophyllia incisa (Crossland, 1952) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  63. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouiensis Squires, 1961 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouinensis Squires, 1961 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  64. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) nouhuysi Van Der Horst, 1922 accepted as Dendrophyllia arbuscula van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  65. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) osburni Durham & Barnard, 1952 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) galapagensis Vaughan, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) pittieri Vaughan, 1919 accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pittieri Vaughan, 1919 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  67. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ponderosa van der Horst, 1926 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  68. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) praecipua Gardiner & Waugh, 1939 accepted as Eguchipsammia gaditana (Duncan, 1873) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  69. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scheeri Durham, 1962 accepted as Rhizopsammia verrilli van der Horst, 1922 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  70. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) sumbayaensis Cairns, 2001 accepted as Tubastraea stimpsonii (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  71. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) teres Cairns, 1994 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) japonica Cairns, 2001 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior homonym)
  72. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) tiburonensis Durham, 1947 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cedrosensis Durham, 1947 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  73. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) troprobanae Bourne, 1905 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) taprobanae Bourne, 1905 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  74. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) variabilis Gerth, 1921 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) javaensis Cairns, 2001 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balanophyllia Wood, 1844) Wood, S. V. (1844). III.—Descriptive Catalogue of the Zoophytes from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(81): 10-21. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745484409442561
page(s): 11 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) Wood, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=509950 on 2025-07-16
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2010-08-27 12:16:13Z
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Cairns, Stephen
2022-06-25 08:07:44Z
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Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description (of Balanophyllia Wood, 1844) Wood, S. V. (1844). III.—Descriptive Catalogue of the Zoophytes from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(81): 10-21. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745484409442561
page(s): 11 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Rhodopsammia Semper, 1872) Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. <em>Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21. [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

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

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