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 javaensisâ 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 pittieriâ 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 ukrainensisâ 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)
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