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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:  
                            Species Balanophyllia bairdiana Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                            Species Balanophyllia bayeri Cairns, 1979  
                            Species Balanophyllia bonaespei van der Horst, 1938  
                            Species Balanophyllia buccina Tenison-Woods, 1878  
                            Species Balanophyllia capensis Verrill, 1865  
                            Species Balanophyllia caribbeana Cairns, 1977  
                            Species Balanophyllia carinata (Semper, 1872)  
                            Species Balanophyllia cedrosensis Durham, 1947  
                            Species Balanophyllia cellulosa Duncan, 1873  
                            Species Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962  
                            Species Balanophyllia corniculans (Alcock, 1902)  
                            Species Balanophyllia cornu Moseley, 1881  
                            Species Balanophyllia crassiseptum Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                            Species Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995  
                            Species Balanophyllia cumingii Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
                            Species Balanophyllia cyathoides (De Pourtalès, 1871)  
                            Species Balanophyllia dentata Tenison-Woods, 1879  
                            Species Balanophyllia desmophyllioides Vaughan, 1907  
                            Species Balanophyllia diademata van der Horst, 1927  
                            Species Balanophyllia diffusa Harrison and Poole, 1909  
                            Species Balanophyllia dilatata Dennant, 1904  
                            Species Balanophyllia dineta Cairns, 1977  
                            Species Balanophyllia diomedeae Vaughan, 1907  
                            Species Balanophyllia dubia (Semper, 1872)  
                            Species Balanophyllia eguchi Wells, 1982  
                            Species Balanophyllia elegans Verrill, 1864  
                            Species Balanophyllia elliptica (Tenison-Woods, 1878)  
                            Species Balanophyllia elongata (Moseley, 1881)  
                            Species Balanophyllia europaea (Risso, 1826)  
                            Species Balanophyllia floridana De Pourtalès, 1868 – porous cup coral 
                            Species Balanophyllia galapagensis Vaughan, 1907  
                            Species Balanophyllia gemma (Moseley, 1881)  
                            Species Balanophyllia gemmifera Klunzinger, 1879  
                            Species Balanophyllia generatrix Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                            Species Balanophyllia gigas Moseley, 1881  
                            Species Balanophyllia hadros Cairns, 1979  
                            Species Balanophyllia imperialis Kent, 1871  
                            Species Balanophyllia incisa Crossland, 1952  
                            Species Balanophyllia iwayamaensis Abe, 1938  
                            Species Balanophyllia laysanensis Vaughan, 1907  
                            Species Balanophyllia malouiensis Squires, 1961  
                            Species Balanophyllia merguiensis Duncan, 1889  
                            Species Balanophyllia palifera De Pourtalès, 1878  
                            Species Balanophyllia parallela (Semper, 1872)  
                            Species Balanophyllia parvula Moseley, 1881  
                            Species Balanophyllia pittieri Vaughan, 1919  
                            Species Balanophyllia ponderosa van der Horst, 1926  
                            Species Balanophyllia profundicella Gardiner, 1899  
                            Species Balanophyllia rediviva Moseley, 1881  
                            Species Balanophyllia regalis (Alcock, 1893)  
                            Species Balanophyllia regia Gosse, 1860  
                            Species Balanophyllia scabra Alcock, 1893  
                            Species Balanophyllia scabrosa (Dana, 1846)  
                            Species Balanophyllia serrata Cairns and Zibrowius, 1997  
                            Species Balanophyllia stimpsonii (Verrill, 1865)  
                            Species Balanophyllia taprobanae Bourne, 1905  
                            Species Balanophyllia tenuis van der Horst, 1922  
                            Species Balanophyllia teres Cairns, 1994  
                            Species Balanophyllia thalassae Zibrowius, 1980  
                            Species Balanophyllia wellsi Cairns, 1977  
                            Species Balanophyllia 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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