Scleractinia name details
Balanophyllia cornu Sokolow, 1894 †
510884 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510884)
unaccepted > junior homonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Sokolow, N. (1894). Die unteroligocane Fauna der Glauconitsande bei der Eisenbayhnbrücke von Jekaterinoslaw. <em>Mem. Com. Geol. St. Petersbourg.</em> 9(3). [details]
Fossil range Oligocene
Homonymy Junior homonym of B. cornu Moseley, 1881. Replacement name: B. ukrainensis Cairns, 2001
Fossil range Oligocene [details]
Homonymy Junior homonym of B. cornu Moseley, 1881. Replacement name: B. ukrainensis Cairns, 2001
Homonymy Junior homonym of B. cornu Moseley, 1881. Replacement name: B. ukrainensis Cairns, 2001 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Balanophyllia cornu Sokolow, 1894 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510884 on 2026-01-26
original description
Sokolow, N. (1894). Die unteroligocane Fauna der Glauconitsande bei der Eisenbayhnbrücke von Jekaterinoslaw. <em>Mem. Com. Geol. St. Petersbourg.</em> 9(3). [details]
basis of record 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
basis of record 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
source of synonymy Cairns, S.D. (2001). A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 615: 1-75., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.615 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Fossil range Oligocene [details]Homonymy Junior homonym of B. cornu Moseley, 1881. Replacement name: B. ukrainensis Cairns, 2001 [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balanophyllia cornu)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1491313)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1491314)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (173 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balanophyllia cornu)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1491313)
To NMNH Extant Collection (1491314)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (173 records)
To ITIS
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