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Balanophyllia haleana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy

Eupsammia haleana was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

It was recombined as Balanophyllia haleana by Vaughan (1900).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. angusticalix, B. blakelyensis, B. cornu, B. demophyllum, B. dendrophylloides, B. desmophyllum, B. elaborata, B. fistula, B. inaequidens, B. irrorata, B. irrorata, B. malouinensis, B. ponderosa, B. subcylindrica, B. subirregularis, B. teglandi, B. circumsulcata, B. conicocompressa, B. elaborata, B. magna, B. parva

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Eupsammia haleana Milne-Edwards and Haime
1900	Balanophyllia haleana Vaughan

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Dendrophylliina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Dendrophylliidae	Gray 1847
genus	Balanophyllia	Wood 1844
species	haleana	(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Balanophyllia haleana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteg

Grouping:

colonialo

Clonal:

yeso

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2004-02-29 09:09:26

Modified:

2004-02-29 11:09:26

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Alabama)	Balanophyllia haleana (87834)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Mississippi)	Balanophyllia haleana (99666)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Alabama)	Balanophyllia haleana (80767 80776 80779 80785 89946 91542 91719 91868 92390 97454)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	Balanophyllia haleana (2418)