Cyphastrea

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

Cyphastrea
"Cyphastrea serailia" off Réunion
Cyphastrea serailia off Réunion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Merulinidae
Genus: Cyphastrea
Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species
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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. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  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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