''Caryophyllia'' is a
genus
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of
solitary corals
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* shortened form of solitary confinement
* Solitary animal, an animal that does not live with others in its species
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in the
family
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Caryophylliidae
The Caryophylliidae are a family of stony corals found from the tropics to temperate seas, and from shallow to very deep water.
Genera
*'' Africana'' Ocana & Brito, 2015
*'' Anomocora'' Studer, 1878
*'' Asterosmilia'' Duncan, 1867
*'' Auloc ...
. Members of this genus are
azooxanthellate (do not contain
symbiotic
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algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
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Subgenera
The genus has two subgenera and the following species according to the World Register of Marine Species
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* Subgenus ''Acanthocyathus'' Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
** '' Caryophyllia decamera'' Cairns, 1998
** '' Caryophyllia dentata'' (Moseley, 1881)
** '' Caryophyllia grayi'' (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
** '' Caryophyllia karubarica'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
** '' Caryophyllia quangdongensis'' Zou, 1984
** '' Caryophyllia spinicarens'' (Moseley, 1881)
** '' Caryophyllia spinigera'' ( Saville-Kent, 1871)
** '']Caryophyllia unicristata
''Caryophyllia'' is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
Sub ...
'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
** '' Caryophyllia zanzibarensis'' Zou, 1984
* Subgenus ''Caryophyllia'' Lamarck, 1801
** '' Caryophyllia abrupta'' Cairns, 1999
** '' Caryophyllia abyssorum'' Duncan, 1873
** '' Caryophyllia alaskensis'' Vaughan, 1941
** '' Caryophylliax alberti'' Zibrowius, 1980
** '' Caryophyllia ambrosia'' Alcock, 1898
** '' Caryophyllia antarctica'' Marenzeller, 1904
** ''Caryophyllia antillarum
''Caryophyllia'' is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
Sub ...
'' Pourtalès, 1874
** ''Caryophyllia arnoldi
''Caryophyllia'' is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
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'' Vaughan, 1900
** ''Caryophyllia aspera
''Caryophyllia'' is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
Sub ...
'' Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
** ''Caryophyllia atlantica
''Caryophyllia'' is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
Sub ...
'' (Duncan, 1873)
** ''Caryophyllia balanacea
''Caryophyllia'' is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
Sub ...
'' Zibrowius & Gili, 1990
** ''Caryophyllia barbadensis
''Caryophyllia'' is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
Sub ...
'' Cairns, 1979
** '' Caryophyllia berteriana'' Duchassaing, 1850
** '' Caryophyllia calveri'' Duncan, 1873
** '' Caryophyllia cintinculata'' (Alcock, 1898)
** '' Caryophyllia concreta'' Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
** '' Caryophyllia conferta'' Dana, 1846
** '' Caryophyllia cornulum'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
** '' Caryophyllia corona'' Duchassaing, 1870
** '' Caryophyllia coronula'' Cairns & Polonio, 2013
** '' Caryophyllia corrugata'' Cairns, 1979
** '' Caryophyllia crosnieri'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
** '' Caryophyllia crypta'' Cairns, 2000
** '' Caryophyllia cyathus'' (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
** '' Caryophyllia diomedeae'' Marenzeller, 1904
** '' Caryophyllia eltaninae'' Cairns, 1982
** '' Caryophyllia ephyala'' Alcock, 1891
** '' Caryophyllia foresti'' Zibrowius, 1980
** '' Caryophyllia grandis'' Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
** '' Caryophyllia hawaiiensis'' Vaughan, 1907
** '' Caryophyllia horologium'' Cairns, 1977
** '' Caryophyllia huinayensis'' Cairns, Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2005
** '' Caryophyllia inornata'' (Duncan, 1878)
** '' Caryophyllia japonica'' Marenzeller, 1888
** '' Caryophyllia jogashimaensis'' Eguchi, 1968
** '' Caryophyllia kellerae'' Cairns & Polonio, 2013
** '' Caryophyllia laevigata'' Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
** '' Caryophyllia lamellifera'' Moseley, 1881
** '' Caryophyllia mabahithi'' Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
** '' Caryophyllia marmorea'' Cairns, 1984
** '' Caryophyllia oblonga'' Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
** '' Caryophyllia octonaria'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
** '' Caryophyllia octopali'' Vaughan, 1907
** '' Caryophyllia paradoxus'' Alcock, 1898
** '' Caryophyllia paucipalata'' Moseley, 1881
** '' Caryophyllia perculta'' Cairns, 1991
** '' Caryophyllia planilamellata'' Dennant, 1906
** '' Caryophyllia polygona'' Pourtalès, 1878
** '' Caryophyllia profunda'' Moseley, 1881
** '' Caryophyllia protei'' Duchassaing, 1870
** '' Caryophyllia quadragenaria'' Alcock, 1902
** '' Caryophyllia ralphae'' Cairns, 1995
** '' Caryophyllia rugosa'' Moseley, 1881
** '' Caryophyllia sarsiae'' Zibrowius, 1974
** '' Caryophyllia scobinosa'' Alcock, 1902
** '' Caryophyllia secta'' Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
** '' Caryophyllia seguenzae'' Duncan, 1873
** '' Caryophyllia sewelli'' Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
** '' Caryophyllia smithii'' Stokes & Broderip, 1828
** '' Caryophyllia solida'' Cairns, 1991
** '' Caryophyllia squiresi'' Cairns, 1982
** '' Caryophyllia stellula'' Cairns, 1998
** '' Caryophyllia tangaroae'' Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
** '' Caryophyllia transversalis'' Moseley, 1881
** '' Caryophyllia valdiviae'' Zibrowius & Gili, 1990
** '' Caryophyllia versicolorata'' Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010
** '' Caryophyllia zopyros'' Cairns, 1979
Unallocated species in the genus include:
* '' Caryophyllia arcuata'' † Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
* '' Caryophyllia paucipaliata'' † Yabe & Eguchi, 1932
* †'' Caryophyllia viola'' Duncan, 1864
References
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Caryophylliidae
Scleractinia genera
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck