''Euphyllia baliensis'', commonly known as bubble coral, is a species of large-polyped

stony coral Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton. The individual animals are known as polyps and have a cylindrical body crowned by an oral disc in which a ...

belonging to the family

Euphylliidae Euphylliidae (Greek eu-, true; Greek phyllon, leaf) are known as a family of polyped stony corals under the order Scleractinia. This family consists of multiple genera (more than one genus) and various species which are found among the ocean f ...

Description

It is best distinguished from other members of the genus ''

Euphyllia ''Euphyllia'' is a genus of large-polyped stony coral. Several species are commonly found in marine aquarium A marine aquarium is an aquarium that keeps marine plants and animals in a contained environment. Marine aquaria are further subdiv ...

'' by its "comparatively very small

corallite A corallite is the skeletal cup, formed by an individual stony coral polyp, in which the polyp sits and into which it can retract. The cup is composed of aragonite, a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, and is secreted by the polyp. Corallit ...

s (averaging 3 mm diameter) and much shorter, thinner, lightly calcified branches."

Distribution & habitat

It can be found at depths of 27 to 37 meters off the central eastern coast of

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. The species has not been reported from any other locality.

References

Animals described in 2012 Euphylliidae {{scleractinia-stub