Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Full reference: R. Osberger. 1955. Beschreibung einiger tertiärer Korallen von Java [Description of some Tertiary corals from Java]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte (6)252-256

Belongs to Balanophyllia according to R. Osberger 1955

Sister taxa: Balanophyllia acostae, Balanophyllia alta, Balanophyllia annularis, Balanophyllia augustinensis, Balanophyllia basedowi, Balanophyllia bavarica, Balanophyllia besairiei, Balanophyllia calyculus, Balanophyllia campanulata, Balanophyllia cauliculata, Balanophyllia caulifera, Balanophyllia clarendonensis, Balanophyllia complanata, Balanophyllia concinna, Balanophyllia conica, Balanophyllia cornurupicaprae, Balanophyllia cowlitzensis, Balanophyllia cumingii, Balanophyllia desmophyllum, Balanophyllia elegans, Balanophyllia elongata, Balanophyllia formosana, Balanophyllia fossata, Balanophyllia fulleri, Balanophyllia gigas, Balanophyllia haleana, Balanophyllia hectori, Balanophyllia imperialis, Balanophyllia inauris, Balanophyllia induta, Balanophyllia irregularis, Balanophyllia irrorata, Balanophyllia italica, Balanophyllia meneghinii, Balanophyllia oppenheimi, Balanophyllia oulangiformis, Balanophyllia patera, Balanophyllia patula, Balanophyllia pittieri, Balanophyllia piuraensis, Balanophyllia ponderosa, Balanophyllia praelonga, Balanophyllia rovasendai, Balanophyllia salpynx, Balanophyllia striatissima, Balanophyllia teglandae, Balanophyllia torta, Balanophyllia truncata, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia variabilis, Balanophyllia varians, Balanophyllia washingtonensis, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zelandiae, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) pachysepta, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) bossolensis, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) sismondiana, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) zuffardii, Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) cylindrica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sangiran, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in Indonesia

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder