WoRMS name details
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001
286953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286953)
accepted > nomen novum
Species
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ponderosa van der Horst, 1926 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926 · unaccepted > junior homonym
Balanophyllia vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001 · alternative representation
Ballanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926 · unaccepted > junior homonym (misspelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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 
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Depth range 51-59 m
Homonymy Replacement name for Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926, not B. ponderosa Vaughan, 1900
Depth range 51-59 m [details]
Homonymy Replacement name for Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926, not B. ponderosa Vaughan, 1900
Homonymy Replacement name for Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926, not B. ponderosa Vaughan, 1900 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286953 on 2026-02-26
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Nomenclature
original description
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 [request]
original description (of Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926) van der Horst CJ. (1926). Madreporaria: Eupsammidae. Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean 1905, Volume 8. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology.</em> 19(1): 43-53, pls. 2-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb00540.x [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ponderosa van der Horst, 1926) van der Horst CJ. (1926). Madreporaria: Eupsammidae. Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean 1905, Volume 8. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology.</em> 19(1): 43-53, pls. 2-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb00540.x [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]
[request]original description (of Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926) van der Horst CJ. (1926). Madreporaria: Eupsammidae. Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean 1905, Volume 8. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology.</em> 19(1): 43-53, pls. 2-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb00540.x [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ponderosa van der Horst, 1926) van der Horst CJ. (1926). Madreporaria: Eupsammidae. Report of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean 1905, Volume 8. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology.</em> 19(1): 43-53, pls. 2-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb00540.x [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]
Other
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 Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 2: 1-27. [details]
additional source Choi E, Song J-I. (2014). Four new records of two genera Balanophyllia and Cladopsammia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from Korea. <em>Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity.</em> 30(3): 183-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.5635/ased.2014.30.3.183 [details]
additional source Tachikawa, H. (2005). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa, Cnidaria) collected from Otsuki, Kochi prefecture, Japan. <em>Kuroshio Biosphere.</em> 2: 1-27. [details]
additional source Choi E, Song J-I. (2014). Four new records of two genera Balanophyllia and Cladopsammia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from Korea. <em>Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity.</em> 30(3): 183-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.5635/ased.2014.30.3.183 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926) IGPS 58901, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926) USNM 91777, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
