Dr. Carlos Fernández-Cid, Galicia, Spanien
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Gosse, 1853
Very special thanks for the first photo of Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia)regia to Carlos Fernandez-Cid from, Spain.
Correct name converning SeaLifeBase:
Balanophyllia regia Gosse, 1853
Correct name converning WoRMS:
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853
This solitary coral is azooxanthellat and needs a diet of small zooplankton.
It has 48 tentacles and a rich yellow or orange colour.
A brilliantly coloured solitary coral. Up to 48 short, stout, evenly tapering tentacles span about 25 mm and are arranged in groups of six around the mouth. The tentacles are a rich translucent golden yellow colour (the colour restricted to the nematocyst warts) and shade into a yellow, orange or scarlet disc. The calcareous exoskeleton (corallum) is broad and low, about 10 mm across but usually less in height. The corallum is porous, spongy in texture and fragile; less durable than in other British corals.
Source: EOL
Synonyms:
Balanophyllia balaerica Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897
Balanophyllia brevis Duncan, 1882
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Balanophyllia (Genus) > Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) (Subgenus) > Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia (Species)
Very special thanks for the first photo of Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia)regia to Carlos Fernandez-Cid from, Spain.
Correct name converning SeaLifeBase:
Balanophyllia regia Gosse, 1853
Correct name converning WoRMS:
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 1853
This solitary coral is azooxanthellat and needs a diet of small zooplankton.
It has 48 tentacles and a rich yellow or orange colour.
A brilliantly coloured solitary coral. Up to 48 short, stout, evenly tapering tentacles span about 25 mm and are arranged in groups of six around the mouth. The tentacles are a rich translucent golden yellow colour (the colour restricted to the nematocyst warts) and shade into a yellow, orange or scarlet disc. The calcareous exoskeleton (corallum) is broad and low, about 10 mm across but usually less in height. The corallum is porous, spongy in texture and fragile; less durable than in other British corals.
Source: EOL
Synonyms:
Balanophyllia balaerica Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897
Balanophyllia brevis Duncan, 1882
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Dendrophylliidae (Family) > Balanophyllia (Genus) > Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) (Subgenus) > Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia (Species)
