Balanophyllia malouinensis Squires 1961
- Dataset
- Checklist of Benthic Cnidaria in the SW Atlantic Ocean (54 ºS- 56 ºS)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Cnidaria
- class
- Anthozoa
- order
- Scleractinia
- family
- Dendrophylliidae
- genus
- Balanophyllia
- species
- Balanophyllia malouinensis
discussion
Remarks: This species was the most common scleractinid coral of the studied region. The collected specimens presented several epibionts (cnidarians, crustaceans) and were also used as settlement substrate for other species in the area. See Schejter & Bremec (2019) for detailed information on Scleractinia collected during these expeditions.
distribution
Distribution: Off Tierra del Fuego, Malvinas / Falkland Islands and Scotia Ridge between Burdwood bank and South Georgia, Drake Passage off Cape Horn, off Isla Desolación, Chile, 53 ºS (Cairns 1982; Cairns et al. 2005).
materials_examined
Material examined: BBB 2016: St. 12; St. 13; St. 16; St. 18; St. 21; St. 23; St. 25; St. 36. PD BB 2017: St. 13; St. 14; St. 16; St. 31; St. 33; St. 34; St. 43 (Fig. 2 H) (MACN-In: 41666, 41667, 41668, 41669, 41670, 41671, 41672, 41673).