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Balanophyllia ponderosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Balanophyllia ponderosa was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is Prairie Creek, which is in a Paleocene coastal siliciclastic in Alabama.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Balanophyllia ponderosa Vaughan
1967Balanophyllia traubi Kühn and Traub

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusBalanophylliaWood 1844
speciesponderosa

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 ponderosa Vaughan 1900
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Invalid names: Balanophyllia traubi Kühn and Traub 1967 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available