Summary description from Wikipedia:

Balanophyllia in languages:

Chinese

橡樹珊瑚屬

English

Acorn cup corals

Japanese

ハナタテサンゴ属

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Parent Taxon

• Dendrophylliidae

Sibling Taxa

• Astroides
• Atlantia
• Australopsammia
• Balanophyllia
• Balanopsammia
• Cladopsammia
• Dendrophyllia
• Duncanopsammia
• Eguchipsammia
• Enallopsammia
• Endopachys
• Endopsammia
• Heteropsammia
• Leptopsammia
• Rhizopsammia
• Tubastraea
• Turbinaria

Child Taxa

• Balanophyllia bairdiana
• Balanophyllia bayeri
• Balanophyllia bonaespei
• Balanophyllia capensis
• Balanophyllia cedrosensis
• Balanophyllia chnous
• Balanophyllia cumingii
• Balanophyllia cyathoides
• Balanophyllia elegans
• Balanophyllia europaea
• Balanophyllia floridana
• Balanophyllia galapagensis
• Balanophyllia helenae
• Balanophyllia palifera
• Balanophyllia pittieri
• Balanophyllia regia
• Balanophyllia spongiosa
• Balanophyllia stimpsonii
• Balanophyllia vanderhorsti

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