Biology:Balanophyllia

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Short description: Genus of corals

Balanophyllia
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Balanophyllia bonaespei
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Dendrophylliidae
Genus: Balanophyllia
Wood, 1844
Subgenera[1]
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Balanophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the order of stony corals.

Subgenera

The genus includes two subgenera with species as follows:

  • Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) Wood, 1844
    • Balanophyllia bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    • Balanophyllia bayeri Cairns, 1979
    • Balanophyllia bonaespei van der Horst, 1938
    • Balanophyllia capensis Verrill, 1865
    • Balanophyllia cedrosensis Durham, 1947
    • Balanophyllia cellulosa Duncan, 1873
    • Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962
    • Balanophyllia corniculans (Alcock, 1902)
    • Balanophyllia cornu Moseley, 1881
    • Balanophyllia crassiseptum Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
    • Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995
    • Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    • Balanophyllia cyathoides (Pourtalès, 1871)
    • Balanophyllia dentata Tenison Woods, 1879
    • Balanophyllia desmophyllioides Vaughan, 1907
    • Balanophyllia diademata van der Horst, 1927
    • Balanophyllia diffusa Harrison & Poole, 1909
    • Balanophyllia dilatata Dennant, 1904
    • Balanophyllia dineta Cairns, 1977
    • Balanophyllia diomedeae Vaughan, 1907
    • Balanophyllia dubia (Semper, 1872)
    • Balanophyllia elegans Verrill, 1864
    • Balanophyllia europaea (Risso, 1826)
    • Balanophyllia floridana Pourtalès, 1868
    • Balanophyllia galapagensis Vaughan, 1907
    • Balanophyllia gemma (Moseley, 1881)
    • Balanophyllia gemmifera Klunzinger, 1879
    • Balanophyllia generatrix Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
    • Balanophyllia gigas Moseley, 1881
    • Balanophyllia hadros Cairns, 1979
    • Balanophyllia helenae Duncan, 1876
    • Balanophyllia iwayamaensis Abe, 1938
    • Balanophyllia japonica Cairns, 2001
    • Balanophyllia javaensis† Cairns, 2001
    • Balanophyllia kalakauai Wright, 1882
    • Balanophyllia laysanensis Vaughan, 1907
    • Balanophyllia malouinensis Squires, 1961
    • Balanophyllia merguiensis Duncan, 1889
    • Balanophyllia palifera Pourtalès, 1878
    • Balanophyllia parallela (Semper, 1872)
    • Balanophyllia parvula Moseley, 1881
    • Balanophyllia pittieri† Vaughan, 1919
    • Balanophyllia profundicella Gardiner, 1899
    • Balanophyllia rediviva Moseley, 1881
    • Balanophyllia regia Gosse, 1853
    • Balanophyllia scabra Alcock, 1893
    • Balanophyllia scabrosa (Dana, 1846)
    • Balanophyllia serrata Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
    • Balanophyllia spongiosa Cairns, 2004
    • Balanophyllia striata Duncan, 1876
    • Balanophyllia taprobanae Bourne, 1905
    • Balanophyllia tenuis van der Horst, 1922
    • Balanophyllia thalassae Zibrowius, 1980
    • Balanophyllia ukrainensis† Cairns, 2001
    • Balanophyllia vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001
    • Balanophyllia wellsi Cairns, 1977
    • Balanophyllia yongei Crossland, 1952
  • Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
    • Balanophyllia caribbeana Cairns, 1977
    • Balanophyllia carinata (Semper, 1872)
    • Balanophyllia imperialis Kent, 1871
    • Balanophyllia pittieri Vaughan, 1919
    • Balanophyllia regalis (Alcock, 1893)
    • Balanophyllia stimpsonii (Verrill, 1865)

References

  1. Balanophyllia Wood, 1844 World Register of Marine Species. accessed 6 July 2018

Wikidata ☰ Q2880547 entry