Scleractinia name details

Balanophyllia (Thecopsammia) Pourtalès, 1868

1286897  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1286897)

  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 (Thecopsammia) (Subgenus)
 unaccepted > superseded combination
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  1. Species Balanophyllia (Thecopsammia) fistula Alcock, 1902 accepted as Eguchipsammia fistula (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  2. Species Balanophyllia (Thecopsammia) gemma Mosely, 1880 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gemma (Moseley, 1880) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  3. Species Balanophyllia (Thecopsammia) socialis (Pourtalès, 1868) accepted as Thecopsammia socialis Pourtalès, 1868 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Thecopsammia Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia (Thecopsammia) Pourtalès, 1868. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1286897 on 2025-09-11
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original description (of Thecopsammia Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details] 

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

new combination reference Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details] 

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