Cyphastrea | |
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Cyphastrea serailia off Réunion | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Merulinidae |
Genus: | Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848 |
Species | |
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Cyphastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae, commonly known as brain coral.
Species
[edit]The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]
- Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan, 1907) - Agassiz's brain coral[2]
- Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forsskål, 1775)
- Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best, 1984
- Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
- Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932
- Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni, 2015
- Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2017
- Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
- Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana, 1846) - ocellated brain coral[2]
- Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017
- Cyphastrea serailia (Forsskål, 1775)
- Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou, 1980
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ a b Fenner, Douglas (2005). Corals of Hawai'i : field guide to the hard, black, and soft corals of Hawai'i and the northwest Hawaiian Islands, including Midway. Honolulu, Hawai'i: Mutual Pub. ISBN 1-56647-673-9.