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Balanophyllia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Balanophyllia

Phylum
  
Cnidaria

Order
  
Scleractinia

Family
  
Dendrophylliidae

Higher classification
  
Dendrophylliidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Hexacorallia


Similar
  
Balanophyllia europaea, Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae, Caryophyllia, Leptopsammia

Tubastrea balanophyllia non photosynthetic lps coral feeding


Balanophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the order of stony corals.

Contents

Hungry balanophyllia coral


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 elongata (Moseley, 1881)
  • 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 nouhuysi Van Der Horst, 1922
  • 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 troprobanae Bourne, 1905
  • 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)

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    References

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