Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dentata
creator: van der Land, Jacob
creator: Cairns, Stephen
creator: Hoeksema, Bert
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dentata Tenison-Woods, 1879
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S.; Samimi-Namin, K. (2026). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dentata Tenison-Woods, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286914 on 2026-08-29
created: 2008-01-16T11:35:54Z
modified: 2022-12-29T11:31:48Z
replaces: 1289679
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dentata Tenison-Woods, 1879
class: Hexacorallia
family: Dendrophylliidae
genus: Balanophyllia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Tenison Woods, J. E. (1879). On three new genera and one new species of Madreporaria corals. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 3: 92-99, pl. 10.
name published in year: 1879
order: Scleractinia
parent name usage ID: 509950
phylum: Cnidaria
scientific name authorship: Tenison-Woods, 1879
specific epithet: dentata
subgenus: Balanophyllia
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted