Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Cnidaria > Class Anthozoa > Subclass Hexacorallia > Order Scleractinia > Family Dendrophylliidae > Genus Balanophyllia > Subgenus Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia)

Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea (Risso, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Balanophyllia*	Wood, 1844	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: pig-tooth coral sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: dent de cochon sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Warzenkoralle sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: medrepora solitaria

Spanish, Castillian: madrépora solitaria

Literature

basis of record	Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 109-110
additional source	Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices
redescription	Zibrowius, H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco, 11. Musée océanographique de Monaco: Monaco. 3 volumes, including bibliography and taxonomic index pp.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection
GBIF

Citation

Hoeksema, B. (2014). Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea (Risso, 1826). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135180