Euphyllia is a genus of large-polyped stony coral.[2] Several species are commonly found in marine aquariums. The genus includes the following species:
- Euphyllia baliensis Turak, Devantier & Erdman, 2012 – bubble coral
- Euphyllia cristata Chevalier, 1971 – grape coral
- Euphyllia glabrescens (Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) – torch coral
- Euphyllia paraglabrescens Veron, 1990
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Several Euphyllia species | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Euphylliidae |
Genus: | Euphyllia Dana, 1846[1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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The following species have been taxonomically reclassified into the Fimbriaphyllia genus under the Caryophylliidae family[3]
- Euphyllia ancora (Reclassified as Fimbriaphyllia ancora)Veron & Pichon, 1980 – hammer coral
- Euphyllia divisa (Reclassified as Fimbriaphyllia divisa)Veron & Pichon, 1980 – frogspawn coral
- Euphyllia paraancora (Reclassified as Fimbriaphyllia paraancora)Veron, 1990 – branching hammer coral
- Euphyllia paradivisa (Reclassified as Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa)Veron, 1990 – branching frogspawn coral
- Euphyllia yaeyamaensis (Reclassified as Fimbriaphyllia yaeyamaensis)(Shirai, 1980) - Thick branched frogspawn coral
References
edit- ^ "Euphyllia Dana, 1846". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- ^ Luzon, Katrina S.; Lin, Mei-Fang; Ablan Lagman, Ma. Carmen A.; Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y.; Chen, Chaolun Allen (4 December 2017). "Resurrecting a subgenus to genus: molecular phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (order Scleractinia; family Euphyllidae; clade V)". PeerJ. 5: e4074. doi:10.7717/peerj.4074. PMC 5719963. PMID 29226032.