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Balanophyllia Wood, 1844

135108  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135108)

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  1. Subgenus Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) Wood, 1844
    1. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    2. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bayeri Cairns, 1979
    3. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bonaespei van der Horst, 1938
    4. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) capensis Verrill, 1866
    5. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cedrosensis Durham, 1947
    6. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cellulosa Duncan, 1873
    7. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) chnous Squires, 1962
    8. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) corniculans (Alcock, 1902)
    9. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cornu Moseley, 1880
    10. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassiseptum Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
    11. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassitheca Cairns, 1995
    12. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    13. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cyathoides (Pourtalès, 1871)
    14. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dentata Tenison-Woods, 1879
    15. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) desmophyllioides Vaughan, 1907
    16. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diademata van der Horst, 1927
    17. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diffusa Harrison & Poole, 1909
    18. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dineta Cairns, 1977
    19. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) diomedeae Vaughan, 1907
    20. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) dubia (Semper, 1872)
    21. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elegans Verrill, 1864
    22. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea (Risso, 1827)
    23. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) floridana Pourtalès, 1868
    24. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) galapagensis Vaughan, 1906
    25. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gemma (Moseley, 1880)
    26. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gemmifera Klunzinger, 1879
    27. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) generatrix Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
    28. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) gigas Moseley, 1880
    29. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) hadros Cairns, 1979
    30. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) iwayamaensis Abe, 1938
    31. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) japonica Cairns, 2001
    32. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) javaensis Cairns, 2001 †
    33. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) laysanensis Vaughan, 1907
    34. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouinensis Squires, 1961
    35. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) merguiensis Duncan, 1889
    36. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) palifera Pourtalès, 1878
    37. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) parallela (Semper, 1872)
    38. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) parvula Moseley, 1880
    39. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) profundicella Gardiner, 1899
    40. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) rediviva Moseley, 1880
    41. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853
    42. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scabra Alcock, 1893
    43. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) scabrosa (Dana, 1846)
    44. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) serrata Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
    45. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) spongiosa Cairns, 2004
    46. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) taprobanae Bourne, 1905
    47. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) tenuis van der Horst, 1922
    48. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) thalassae Zibrowius, 1980
    49. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ukrainensis Cairns, 2001 †
    50. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001
    51. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) wellsi Cairns, 1977
    52. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) yongei Crossland, 1952
    53. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) buccina Tenison-Woods, 1878 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    54. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elliptica (Tenison-Woods, 1878) accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    55. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouiensis Squires, 1961 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) malouinensis Squires, 1961 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    56. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) pittieri Vaughan, 1919 accepted as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pittieri Vaughan, 1919 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    57. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) ponderosa van der Horst, 1926 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
    58. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) sumbayaensis Cairns, 2001 accepted as Tubastraea stimpsonii (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    59. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) teres Cairns, 1994 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) japonica Cairns, 2001 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, junior homonym)
    60. Species Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) variabilis Gerth, 1921 accepted as Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) javaensis Cairns, 2001 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  2. Subgenus Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    1. Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) caribbeana Cairns, 1977
    2. Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) carinata (Semper, 1872)
    3. Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) imperialis Saville Kent, 1871
    4. Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pittieri Vaughan, 1919
    5. Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) regalis (Alcock, 1893)
    6. Species Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) stimpsonii (Verrill, 1866) accepted as Tubastraea stimpsonii (Verrill, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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Wood, S. V. (1844). III.�Descriptive Catalogue of the Zoophytes from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(81): 10-21. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745484409442561
page(s): 11 [details] OpenAccess publication
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia Wood, 1844. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at: https://marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135108 on 2025-09-11
Land J. van der (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). Balanophyllia Wood, 1844. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135108 on 2025-09-11
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original description Wood, S. V. (1844). III.�Descriptive Catalogue of the Zoophytes from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(81): 10-21. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/03745484409442561
page(s): 11 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150.
page(s): 84, Plate 40j [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569.
page(s): 548, 565, 567 [details] 

additional source Daly, M.M., Fautin D.G., Cappola V.A., 2003. Systematics of the Hexacorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139 3: 419-437.
page(s): 424-425, 427-428 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 136 [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1998). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. <em>Records of the Western Australian Museum.</em> 18(4): 361-417.
page(s): 405 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) R�sultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. M�moires du Mus�um national d'Histoire naturelle. S�rie A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Squires DF. (1961). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 2. Scotia Sea corals. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 2046: 1-48.
page(s): 19 [details] 

additional source Zibrowius, H. & M.J. Grygier. (1985). Diversity and range of scleractinian coral hosts of Ascothoracida (Crustacea: Maxillopoda). <em>Annales de l'Institut Oc�anographique.</em> 61(2):115-138.
page(s): 127-128, Fig. 36-38 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Cairns, S.D. & H. Zibrowius. (1997). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the Philippine and Indonesian regions. <em>in: Crosnier, A. et al. (Ed.) R�sultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 16. Campagne Franco-Indon�sienne KARUBAR. M�moires du Mus�um national d'Histoire naturelle. S�rie A, Zoologie.</em> 172: 27-244. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 28, 48, 49, 52, 59 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source 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] 

additional source Faustino LA. (1927). Recent Madreporaria of the Philippine Islands. <em>Bureau of Science Manila Monograph.</em> 22: 1-310, pls. 1-100.
page(s): 232, 303, 232 [details] 

additional source Alcock AW. (1902). Report on the deep-sea Madreporaria of the Siboga-Expedition. <em>Siboga Expeditie.</em> 16a: 1-52, pls. 1-5., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11383
page(s): 41, 46, 51 [details] 

additional source Wells JW. (1958). Scleractinian Corals. <em>British-Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B.</em> 6(11): 257-275, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 262 [details] 

additional source Baron-Szabo, R.C. & S.D. Cairns. (2019). Chapter 14: Part F, Revised, Volume 2, Chapter 14:Systematic Descriptions of the Scleractinia Family Dendrophylliidae. <em>Treatise Online, Part F, Revised.</em> 119: 1-33. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Molina, M.; Kenyon, J. (2004). Palmyra Atoll coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2000-2001, and Sette 2004 surveys [Table 8]. UNPUBLISHED, UNPUBLISHED [details] 

additional source Maragos, J. E.; VanRavenswaay, D.; Gulko, D. (2004). French Frigate Shoals coral data compiled from Townsend Cromwell 2000-2, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Rapture 2000 and 2002, and 2003 Sette surveys [Table 1]. UNPUBLISHED, Unpublished
page(s): 1 [details] 

additional source Maragos, J. E.; Potts, D. C.; Aeby, G.; Gulko, D.; Kenyon, J.; Siciliano, D.; VanRavenswaay, D. (2004). 2000-2002 rapid ecological assessment of coral (Anthozoa) on shallow reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Part 1: Species and distribution. Pacific Science, 58(2): 211-230
page(s): 217 [details] 

additional source Moseley, H. N. (1881). Report on certain hydroid, alcyonarian, and madreporarian corals procured during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Part III. On the deep-sea Madreporaria. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 (Zoology), 2, Zoology, 3, (1): 127-208, 238-248
page(s): 193 [details] 

additional source van der Horst, C. J. (1922). The Madreporaria of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Eupsammidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monographes, 16c, 46 [98] - 75 [127]
page(s): 64, 73 [details] 

additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madr�poraires des c�tes tropicales du Br�sil. Annales de l'Universit� d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
page(s): 151 [details] 

additional source DeFelice, R.; Minton, D.; Godwin, L. S. (2002). Records of Shallow-Water Marine Invertebrates from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, with a Note on Noningenous Species: Report to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Bishop Museum. Honolulu, Hawaii., pp. 78.
page(s): 25, 51 [details] 

additional source Maragos, J. E. (1977). Order Scleractinia, Stony Corals. Dennis M. Devaney and Lucius G. Eldredge (eds.). Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 84
page(s): 162, 165-166, 197 [details] 

additional source Goffredo, S.; Radetic, J.; Airi, V.; Zaccanti, F. (2005). Sexual reproduction of the solitary sunset cup coral Leptopsammia pruvoti (Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) in the Mediterranean. 1. Morphological aspects of the gametogenesis and ontogenesis. Marine Biology, 147, 485-495
page(s): 492 [details] 

additional source Stetson, T. R.; Squires, D. F.; Pratt, R. M. (1962). Coral banks occurring in deep water on the Blake Plateau. American Museum Novitates, (2114): 1-39
page(s): 22 [details] 

additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details] 

additional source K�hlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Th�ringen) nebst �kologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolst�dter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 64, 104, 113 [details] 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74.
page(s): 54, 56-57 Plate 16, figs. 1-3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription 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

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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