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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia : Balanophyllia parallela |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia : Balanophyllia parallela |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Balanophyllia |
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| Scientific Name | Balanophyllia parallela (Semper, 1872) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Balanophyllia parallela | species | belongs to Rhodopsammia | stated with evidence | Semper, 1872 | | Balanophyllia parallela | species | belongs to Balanophyllia | stated with evidence | Kiessling, 2009 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 Ma
Pleistocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Balanophyllia) |
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| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Balanophyllia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Kiessling. 2009. Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database. |
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| Kiessling W. (2009) Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database |
| Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W. & van der Land, J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| 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. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W. & van der Land, J. (2007) as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms - via Catalogue of Life |
Balanophyllia parallela
