Dennis Rabeling, Lanzarote, Kanarischen Inseln
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Balanophyllia (Balanophyllia) regia Gosse, 18533
This solitary coral is azooxanthellat and needs a diet of small zooplankton.It has 48 tentacles and a rich yellow or orange colour.
A brilliantly coloured solitary coral. Up to 48 short, stout, evenly tapering tentacles span about 25 mm and are arranged in groups of six around the mouth. The tentacles are a rich translucent golden yellow colour (the colour restricted to the nematocyst warts) and shade into a yellow, orange or scarlet disc. The calcareous exoskeleton (corallum) is broad and low, about 10 mm across but usually less in height. The corallum is porous, spongy in texture and fragile; less durable than in other British corals.
Source: EOL
Synonymised names
Balanophyllia balaerica Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Balanophyllia brevis Duncan, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Balanophyllia regia Gosse, 1853 · alternative representation
This solitary coral is azooxanthellat and needs a diet of small zooplankton.It has 48 tentacles and a rich yellow or orange colour.
A brilliantly coloured solitary coral. Up to 48 short, stout, evenly tapering tentacles span about 25 mm and are arranged in groups of six around the mouth. The tentacles are a rich translucent golden yellow colour (the colour restricted to the nematocyst warts) and shade into a yellow, orange or scarlet disc. The calcareous exoskeleton (corallum) is broad and low, about 10 mm across but usually less in height. The corallum is porous, spongy in texture and fragile; less durable than in other British corals.
Source: EOL
Synonymised names
Balanophyllia balaerica Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Balanophyllia brevis Duncan, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Balanophyllia regia Gosse, 1853 · alternative representation
