Balanophyllia

Balanophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the order of stony corals.

==Subgenera== The genus includes two subgenera with species as follows: Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) Wood, 1844 Balanophyllia bairdiana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Balanophyllia bayeri Cairns, 1979 Balanophyllia bonaespei van der Horst, 1938 Balanophyllia capensis Verrill, 1865 Balanophyllia cedrosensis Durham, 1947 Balanophyllia cellulosa Duncan, 1873 Balanophyllia chnous Squires, 1962 Balanophyllia corniculans (Alcock, 1902) Balanophyllia cornu Moseley, 1881 Balanophyllia crassiseptum Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Balanophyllia crassitheca Cairns, 1995 Balanophyllia cumingii Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Balanophyllia cyathoides (Pourtalès, 1871) Balanophyllia dentata Tenison Woods, 1879 Balanophyllia desmophyllioides Vaughan, 1907 Balanophyllia diademata van der Horst, 1927 Balanophyllia diffusa Harrison & Poole, 1909 Balanophyllia dilatata Dennant, 1904 Balanophyllia dineta Cairns, 1977 Balanophyllia diomedeae Vaughan, 1907 Balanophyllia dubia (Semper, 1872) Balanophyllia elegans Verrill, 1864 Balanophyllia europaea (Risso, 1826) Balanophyllia floridana Pourtalès, 1868 Balanophyllia galapagensis Vaughan, 1907 Balanophyllia gemma (Moseley, 1881) Balanophyllia gemmifera Klunzinger, 1879 Balanophyllia generatrix Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Balanophyllia gigas Moseley, 1881 Balanophyllia hadros Cairns, 1979 Balanophyllia helenae Duncan, 1876 Balanophyllia iwayamaensis Abe, 1938 Balanophyllia japonica Cairns, 2001 Balanophyllia javaensis† Cairns, 2001 Balanophyllia kalakauai Wright, 1882 Balanophyllia laysanensis Vaughan, 1907 Balanophyllia malouinensis Squires, 1961 Balanophyllia merguiensis Duncan, 1889 Balanophyllia palifera Pourtalès, 1878 Balanophyllia parallela (Semper, 1872) Balanophyllia parvula Moseley, 1881 Balanophyllia pittieri† Vaughan, 1919 Balanophyllia profundicella Gardiner, 1899 Balanophyllia rediviva Moseley, 1881 Balanophyllia regia Gosse, 1853 Balanophyllia scabra Alcock, 1893 Balanophyllia scabrosa (Dana, 1846) Balanophyllia serrata Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997 Balanophyllia spongiosa Cairns, 2004 Balanophyllia striata Duncan, 1876 Balanophyllia taprobanae Bourne, 1905 Balanophyllia tenuis van der Horst, 1922 Balanophyllia thalassae Zibrowius, 1980 Balanophyllia ukrainensis† Cairns, 2001 Balanophyllia vanderhorsti Cairns, 2001 Balanophyllia wellsi Cairns, 1977 Balanophyllia yongei Crossland, 1952 Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Balanophyllia caribbeana Cairns, 1977 Balanophyllia carinata (Semper, 1872) Balanophyllia imperialis Kent, 1871 Balanophyllia pittieri Vaughan, 1919 Balanophyllia regalis (Alcock, 1893) Balanophyllia stimpsonii (Verrill, 1865)