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Orange Cup Coral

Balanophyllia elegans

1,550 observations in the source records

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What the records say

1,550 observations are recorded in the imported source snapshot. Observation source

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.

United States	1,008
Canada	766
British Columbia	766
California	736
Washington	253
Alaska	23
Oregon	19

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Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Cnidarians · Cnidaria
Class	Sea Anemones and Corals · Anthozoa
Order	Stony Corals · Scleractinia
Family	Dendrophylliidae
Genus	Acorn cup corals · Balanophyllia

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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