''Cyphastrea'' is a
genus
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of massive reef building
stony corals in the
family
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Merulinidae
Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals.
Characteristics
All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, without paliform lobes. The valle ...
, commonly known as brain coral.
Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:
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Cyphastrea agassizi''
(Vaughan, 1907) - Agassiz's brain coral
[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. .]
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Cyphastrea chalcidicum''
(Forsskål, 1775)
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Cyphastrea decadia''
Moll & Best, 1984
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Cyphastrea hexasepta
''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:
*'' Cyphastrea agassizi'' (Vaughan, 1907) - Agas ...
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Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
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Cyphastrea japonica''
Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932
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Cyphastrea kausti''
Bouwmeester & Benzoni, 2015
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Cyphastrea magna''
Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2017
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Cyphastrea microphthalma''
(Lamarck, 1816)
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Cyphastrea ocellina''
(Dana, 1846) - ocellated brain coral
[
*'' Cyphastrea salae'' Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017
*'']Cyphastrea serailia
''Cyphastrea'' is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae
Merulinidae is a family of reef-building stony corals.
Characteristics
All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal struc ...
'' (Forsskål, 1775)
*'' Cyphastrea zhongjianensis'' Zou, 1980
References
Merulinidae
Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards
Taxa named by Jules Haime
Scleractinia genera
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