Balanophyllia Explained

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)