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Lowridge Cactus Coral

Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elegans Verrill 1864

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elegans Verrill 1864
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elegans Verrill 1864
Balanophyllia elegans
Recognized by CalPhotos
Balanophyllia elegans Verrill 1864
Species recognized by GBIF classification
Balanophyllia elegans
Balanophyllia elegans Verrill 1864
Balanophyllia elegans Verrill 1864

Alternative Names

Balanophyllia elegans Verrill 1864
Balanophyllia elegans Verrill 1864
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Lowridge cactus coral preferred
Recognized by Conabio
Ridgeless cactus coral
Recognized by Conabio
orange stony coral

Chinese

優美橡樹珊瑚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

scléractiniaire élégant preferred

Spanish; Castilian

Coral cactus de bordes bajos preferred
Recognized by Conabio

Zh Tw

優美橡樹珊瑚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) elegans Verrill 1864

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia Haeckel 1896
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Dendrophylliidae Gray 1847
Balanophyllia Wood 1844
Balanophyllia subgen. Balanophyllia Wood 1844

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Dendrophylliidae Gray 1847
Balanophyllia Wood 1844
Balanophyllia subgen. Balanophyllia Wood 1844

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

GBIF classification

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia Wood 1844
34 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Cnidaria Hatschek 1888
Anthozoa
Anthozoa Ehrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia Bourne 1900
Dendrophylliina Vaughan & Wells 1943
Dendrophylliidae Gray 1847
Balanophyllia Wood 1844

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Radiata
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Hexacorallia
Scleractinia
Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia
Balanophyllia elegans (this page)

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Scleractinia
Dendrophylliidae
Balanophyllia
24 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.