Scleractinia taxon details
Balanophyllia australiensis Duncan, 1864 †
1290062 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1290062)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Duncan PM. (1864). A description of some fossil corals and echinoderms from the South-Australian Tertiaries. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3.</em> 14: 161-168, pls. 5-6. [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia australiensis Duncan, 1864 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1290062 on 2025-09-11
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Duncan PM. (1864). A description of some fossil corals and echinoderms from the South-Australian Tertiaries. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3.</em> 14: 161-168, pls. 5-6. [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Duncan PM. (1870). On the fossil corals (Madreporaria) of the Australian Tertiary Deposits. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 26: 284-318, pls. 19-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1870.026.01-02.27 [details]
additional source Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 2: 292-341, pls 4-6.
page(s): 337 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Duncan PM. (1870). On the fossil corals (Madreporaria) of the Australian Tertiary Deposits. <em>The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 26: 284-318, pls. 19-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.jgs.1870.026.01-02.27 [details]
additional source Tenison Woods, J. E. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 2: 292-341, pls 4-6.
page(s): 337 [details]