Wood, S. V. (1844). III.—Descriptive Catalogue of the Zoophytes from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(81): 10-21. (look up in IMIS), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1080/03745484409442561 page(s): 11 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia Wood, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135108 on 2025-07-20
original descriptionWood, S. V. (1844). III.—Descriptive Catalogue of the Zoophytes from the Crag. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 13(81): 10-21. (look up in IMIS), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1080/03745484409442561 page(s): 11 [details]
original description(ofOsteodes Conrad, 1855 †)Conrad, T. A. (1855). Observations on the Eocene deposit of Jackson, Mississippi, with descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells and corals. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 7: 257-263, pls. 14-17., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299480[details]
original description(ofDesmopsammia Reis, 1889 †)Reis, O.M. (1889). Die Korallen der Reiter Schichten. <em>Geognostische Jahreshefte.</em> 2: 91-162, pls. 1-4.[details]
original description(ofIlerdosmilia Reig Oriol, 1997 †)Reig Oriol, J. M. (1997). Generos y especies nuevas de Madreporarios cretacicos. <em>Barcelona, Self-published,.</em> 45 pp., 5 pls.[details]
original description(ofClonotrochus Schafhäutl, 1863 †)Schafhäutl, K. E. (1863). Süd-bayerns Lethaea Geognostica. Der Kressenberg und die südlich von ihn gelegenen Hochalpen geognostisch betrachtet in ihren Petrefacten. Leipzig: Leopold Voss, xvi + 487 pp., Atlas of 86 pls. , available online athttps://www.e-rara.ch/zut/content/zoom/24630721 page(s): 32 [details]
original description(ofCeratopsammia Alloiteau, 1958 †)Alloiteau J. (1958). Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar. <em>Annales Géologiques de Madagascar.</em> 25: 1-218, pls 1-38.[details]
basis of recordCairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
redescriptionCairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615[details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionCairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231.[details] Available for editors [request]
redescriptionCairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210.[details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype WAM 128-58, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 258-93 [details]Nontype WAM 362-79, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 450-96, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 46-96, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 64-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 68-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 68-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 704-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 83-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 93-84, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype WAM 96-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Nontype ZMAN, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]Unknown type BMNH [details]Unknown type MCZ 3571 [details]Unknown type WAM 146-83, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Corallum solitary and attached, having a polycyclic base; theca costate, epitheca absent or present; Pourtales Plan present; columella spongy and elongate. Azooxanthellate. [details] Remark This genus and family were monographed by Cairns (2001), which included a phylogenetic analysis based on morphology. 129 species, 76 of which are fossil (Cairns, 2001). [details]
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Biology azooxanthellate and zooxanthellate [details] Depth range 0-1150 m [details] Fossil range Paleocene to Recent [details] Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]