Deep-Sea taxon details
Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassitheca Cairns, 1995
286912 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286912)
accepted
Species
Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995 · alternative representation
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210.
page(s): 120-121, Plates 40, I, 41, a, b [details] Available for editors
page(s): 120-121, Plates 40, I, 41, a, b [details] Available for editors
Holotype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995)...
Holotype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NMNZ CO222, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range 190-508 m
Depth range 190-508 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassitheca Cairns, 1995. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286912 on 2026-01-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) crassitheca Cairns, 1995. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286912 on 2026-01-09
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(of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210.
page(s): 120-121, Plates 40, I, 41, a, b [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
page(s): 120-121, Plates 40, I, 41, a, b [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record 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]
additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details] Available for editors
additional source Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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
additional source Kitahara, M.V., Cairns, S.D. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NMNZ CO222, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) AM G15900, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) AM G16327, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) AM G16484, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) AM G16586, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) AM G16599, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) MNHN, geounit Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NMNZ CO216, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NMNZ CO222, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NMNZ CO276, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NZOI P-1061, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NZOI P-1062, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NZOI P-1063, geounit Norfolk Island Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) NZOI P-1064, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) USNM 94227, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) USNM 94228, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) USNM 94229, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype (of Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995) USNM 94230, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
