Scleractinia name details

Balanophyllia cornu Sokolow, 1894 †

510884  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510884)

  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 cornu † (Species)
 unaccepted > junior homonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Fossil range Oligocene  
Fossil range Oligocene [details]

Homonymy Junior homonym of B. cornu Moseley, 1881. Replacement name: B. ukrainensis Cairns, 2001  
Homonymy Junior homonym of B. cornu Moseley, 1881. Replacement name: B. ukrainensis Cairns, 2001 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia cornu Sokolow, 1894 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510884 on 2025-09-11
Date
action
by
2010-08-31 13:08:08Z
created
Cairns, Stephen
2022-07-29 15:24:35Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

basis of record 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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

source of synonymy 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  PDF available
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Fossil range Oligocene [details]

Homonymy Junior homonym of B. cornu Moseley, 1881. Replacement name: B. ukrainensis Cairns, 2001 [details]
To NMNH Extant Collection (1491313) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (1491314) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed

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