WoRMS taxon details

Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) chnous Squires, 1962

173036  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173036)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Refertina (Suborder)
  8. Dendrophylliidae (Family)
  9. Balanophyllia (Genus)
  10. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) (Subgenus)
  11. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) chnous (Species)
accepted
Species
Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962 · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) Squires DF. (1962). The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 2. Scleractinian corals. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 147: 1-28. [details] 
Depth range 140-549 m  
Depth range 140-549 m [details]

Taxonomy Thecopsammia sp and Balanophyllia sp of Gardiner, 1929  
Taxonomy Thecopsammia sp and Balanophyllia sp of Gardiner, 1929 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) chnous Squires, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=173036 on 2025-07-14
Date
action
by
2005-07-13 08:49:24Z
created
Claus, Simon
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z
changed
van der Land, Jacob
2010-08-30 14:11:14Z
checked
Cairns, Stephen
2021-05-06 10:30:53Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) Squires DF. (1962). The fauna of the Ross Sea. Part 2. Scleractinian corals. <em>New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin.</em> 147: 1-28. [details] 

basis of record Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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] OpenAccess publication

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V. Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> :59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) NMNZ CO106, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) NMNZ CO223, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) NMNZ CO242, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) NMNZ CO282, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) NMNZ CO289, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) NMNZ CO289, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) NMNZ CO307, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) NMNZ CO313, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) USNM 94221, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) USNM 94222, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) USNM 94222, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) USNM 94223, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) USNM 94224, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) USNM 94225, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962) USNM 94226, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 140-549 m [details]

Habitat shelf to slope [details]

Taxonomy Thecopsammia sp and Balanophyllia sp of Gardiner, 1929 [details]
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