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Balanophyllia  Wood, 1844
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53773

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderDendrophylliina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyDendrophylliidae Gray, 1847  
                         GenusBalanophyllia Wood, 1844  
    Direct Children:  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia bairdiana Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia bayeri Cairns, 1979  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia bonaespei van der Horst, 1938  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia buccina Tenison-Woods, 1878  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia capensis Verrill, 1865  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia caribbeana Cairns, 1977  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia carinata (Semper, 1872)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia cedrosensis Durham, 1947  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia cellulosa Duncan, 1873  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia corniculans (Alcock, 1902)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia cornu Moseley, 1881  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia crassiseptum Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia cumingii Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia cyathoides (De Pourtalès, 1871)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia dentata Tenison-Woods, 1879  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia desmophyllioides Vaughan, 1907  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia diademata van der Horst, 1927  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia diffusa Harrison and Poole, 1909  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia dilatata Dennant, 1904  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia dineta Cairns, 1977  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia diomedeae Vaughan, 1907  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia dubia (Semper, 1872)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia eguchi Wells, 1982  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia elegans Verrill, 1864  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia elliptica (Tenison-Woods, 1878)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia elongata (Moseley, 1881)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia europaea (Risso, 1826)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia floridana De Pourtalès, 1868 – porous cup coral 
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia galapagensis Vaughan, 1907  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia gemma (Moseley, 1881)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia gemmifera Klunzinger, 1879  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia generatrix Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia gigas Moseley, 1881  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia hadros Cairns, 1979  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia imperialis Kent, 1871  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia incisa Crossland, 1952  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia iwayamaensis Abe, 1938  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia laysanensis Vaughan, 1907  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia malouiensis Squires, 1961  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia merguiensis Duncan, 1889  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia palifera De Pourtalès, 1878  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia parallela (Semper, 1872)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia parvula Moseley, 1881  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia pittieri Vaughan, 1919  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia profundicella Gardiner, 1899  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia rediviva Moseley, 1881  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia regalis (Alcock, 1893)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia regia Gosse, 1860  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia scabra Alcock, 1893  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia scabrosa (Dana, 1846)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia serrata Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia stimpsonii (Verrill, 1865)  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia taprobanae Bourne, 1905  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia tenuis van der Horst, 1922  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia teres Cairns, 1994  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia thalassae Zibrowius, 1980  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia wellsi Cairns, 1977  
                            SpeciesBalanophyllia yongei Crossland, 1952  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Balanophyllia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, John W.   
  Publication Date: 1986   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue)   
  Page(s): 69   
  Publisher: International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria   
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  Reference for: Balanophyllia   
       

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