Balanophyllia elegans: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Genus
- Balanophyllia
- Species
- Balanophyllia elegans
- Scientific Name
- Balanophyllia elegans
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Balanophyllia elegans
Balanophyllia elegans, the orange coral or orange cup coral, is a species of solitary cup coral, a stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. As an azooxanthellate species, it does not contain symbiotic dinoflagellates in its tissues in the way that most corals do.
...Balanophyllia elegans in languages:
- Czech
- dendrofyla kalifornská
- English
- Orange Cup Coral
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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Parent Taxon
Sibling 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













































































































































