Cyphastrea

Cyphastrea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Cnidaria
Class:Anthozoa
Order:Scleractinia
Family:Merulinidae
Genus:Cyphastrea
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species
See text

Cyphastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae, commonly known as brain coral.

Species

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

  1. ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206488
  2. 1 2 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.
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