WoRMS taxon details
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
216153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216153)
accepted
Species
Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · alternative representation
Balanophyllia ovalis (Semper, 1872) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Rhodopsammia ovalis Semper, 1872 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9. [details]
Depth range 65-307 m
Depth range 65-307 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216153 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Rhodopsammia ovalis Semper, 1872) Semper, C. (1872). Uber Generationswechsel bei Steinkorallen und über das M.-Edwards'sche Wachstumgesetz der Polypen. <em>Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 22: 235-280, pls. 16-21. [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9. [details]
basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 4. Monographie des Astréides (1). <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 10: 209-320, pls. 5-9. [details]
basis of record Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Choi E, Song J-I. (2014). Four new records of two genera Balanophyllia and Cladopsammia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from Korea. <em>Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity.</em> 30(3): 183-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.5635/ased.2014.30.3.183 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Choi E, Song J-I. (2014). Four new records of two genera Balanophyllia and Cladopsammia (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Scleractinia: Dendrophylliidae) from Korea. <em>Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity.</em> 30(3): 183-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.5635/ased.2014.30.3.183 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) IGPS 58236, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) ORI, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) USNM 22062 [details]
Unknown type (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) USNM 92884 [details]
Unknown type (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) USNM 92885, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) USNM 92886, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) USNM 92887, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848) ZMUC, geounit Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
