''Balanophyllia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of solitary corals in the

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stony corals Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a mo ...

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)

References

Dendrophylliidae Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub