Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Balanophyllia regia being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Leptopsammia pruvoti
- Balanophyllia elegans
- Tubastraea megacorallita
- Cladopsammia eguchii
- Dendrophyllia arbuscula
- Caryophyllia smithii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Cnidaria
- Class
- Anthozoa
- Order
- Scleractinia
- Family
- Dendrophylliidae
- Genus
- Balanophyllia
- Species
- Balanophyllia regia
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