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Balanophyllia Palifera
''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 ** ''Balan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balanophyllia Bonaespei
''Balanophyllia bonaespei'' is a species of solitary cup coral, a stony coral in the family Dendrophylliidae.Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' It is an azooxanthellate species that does not contain symbiotic dinoflagellates in its tissues as most corals do. Description Cup corals are solitary hard corals which superficially resemble orange sea anemones. They grow to 1–2 cm in diameter. They have almost transparent beaded tentacles.Jones, Georgina. ''A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula.'' SURG, Cape Town, 2008. Distribution This species is known from Saldanha Bay to East London East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the f ... off the South African coast, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis François De Pourtalès
Louis François de Pourtalès (4 March 1824 – 18 July 1880) was a France, Franco-United States, American naturalist, born at Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Early life and education Pourtales was born on 4 March 1824 and regarded as a Switzerland, Swiss representative of an old family with linage in France, Prussia, and Bohemia. After the death of his father, he succeeded to the title of Count and inherited a fortune that enabled his scientific pursuits. He was educated as an engineer. He was regarded as an expert in mathematics, physics and zoology, and had interest in literature, poetry and history. Death Pourtales died on 18 July 1880 from an unspecified "obscure internal disease". Career Pourtales was a pupil of Louis Agassiz, whom he accompanied in 1840 on Glacier, glacial expeditions in the Alps and, in 1847, followed Agassiz to immigrate into the United States. In 1848, he entered government service with the U.S. National Geodetic Survey, Coast Survey and became profoundly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |