Scleractinia taxon details
Balanophyllia elongata Vaughan, 1900 †
1347727 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1347727)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Vaughan TW. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. <em>Monographs of the United States Geological Survey.</em> 39:1-263, pls. 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11378 [details] 
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia elongata Vaughan, 1900 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1347727 on 2026-08-16
original description
Vaughan TW. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. <em>Monographs of the United States Geological Survey.</em> 39:1-263, pls. 1-24., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.11378 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Horst, C. J. (1922). The Madreporaria of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Eupsammidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monographes, 16c, 46 [98] - 75 [127]
page(s): 63-64, 73 [details]
additional source UNEP-WCMC. (2012). Coral species, synonyms, and nomenclature references currently recognized in the UNEP-WCMC database. <em>CITES, Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Animals Committee.</em> Annex 6: 1-117., available online at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/com/ac/26/E26-20-A6.pdf [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 25 [details] Available for editors
additional source van der Horst, C. J. (1922). The Madreporaria of the Siboga Expedition. Part III. Eupsammidae. Siboga-Expeditie Monographes, 16c, 46 [98] - 75 [127]
page(s): 63-64, 73 [details]
additional source UNEP-WCMC. (2012). Coral species, synonyms, and nomenclature references currently recognized in the UNEP-WCMC database. <em>CITES, Twenty-sixth Meeting of the Animals Committee.</em> Annex 6: 1-117., available online at https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/com/ac/26/E26-20-A6.pdf [details] Available for editors
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