Scleractinia taxon details
Balanophyllia ponderosa Vaughan, 1900 †
1347739 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1347739)
accepted
Species
Balanophyllia ponderosa var. texana Vaughan & Popenoe, 1935 † · unaccepted (synonymy)
- Variety Balanophyllia ponderosa var. texana Vaughan & Popenoe, 1935 † accepted as Balanophyllia ponderosa Vaughan, 1900 † (synonymy)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Vaughan TW. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. <em>Monographs of the United States Geological Survey.</em> 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia ponderosa Vaughan, 1900 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1347739 on 2025-04-30
original description
Vaughan TW. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. <em>Monographs of the United States Geological Survey.</em> 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia ponderosa var. texana Vaughan & Popenoe, 1935 †) Vaughan TW, Popenoe WP. (1935). The Coral Fauna of the Midway Eocene of Texas. <em>Bulletin of the University of Texas.</em> 3301: 325-343, pls. 3-4. [details]
additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1942). Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. <em>Science Reports Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 22 (2): 105-178, pls. 9-12. [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia ponderosa var. texana Vaughan & Popenoe, 1935 †) Vaughan TW, Popenoe WP. (1935). The Coral Fauna of the Midway Eocene of Texas. <em>Bulletin of the University of Texas.</em> 3301: 325-343, pls. 3-4. [details]
additional source Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1942). Fossil and recent simple corals from Japan. <em>Science Reports Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 22 (2): 105-178, pls. 9-12. [details]
