''Euphyllia'' is a genus 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 ...
. Several species are commonly found in
marine aquarium
A marine aquarium is an aquarium that keeps ocean, marine plants and animals in a contained environment. Marine aquaria are further subdivided by hobbyists into fish only (FO), fish only with live rock (FOWLR), and reef aquarium, reef aquaria. Fi ...
s. The genus includes the following species:
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Euphyllia baliensis''
Turak, Devantier & Erdman, 2012 – bubble coral
* ''
Euphyllia cristata''
Chevalier, 1971 – grape coral
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Euphyllia glabrescens
''Euphyllia glabrescens'' is a species of large-polyped stony coral belonging to the family Caryophylliidae. Its common name is the torch coral due to its long sweeper tentacles tipped with potent cnidocytes. It is a commonly kept species in the ...
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(Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821) – torch coral
* ''
Euphyllia paraglabrescens''
Veron, 1990
The following species have been taxonomically reclassified into the ''Fimbriaphyllia'' genus under the ''Caryophylliidae'' family
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Euphyllia ancora
Euphyllia ancora (reclassified in 2017 as Fimbriaphyllia ancora)is a species of hard coral in the family Caryophylliidae. It is known by several common names, including anchor coral and hammer coral, or less frequently as sausage coral, ridge co ...
'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia ancora'')
Veron & Pichon, 1980 – hammer coral
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Euphyllia divisa
Euphyllia divisa (reclassified in 2017 as Fimbriaphyllia divisa), commonly known as frogspawn coral and sometimes misspelled ''Euphyllia divisia'', is a large-polyped stony coral native to the Indo-Pacific islands. It is a commonly kept species ...
'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia divisa'')
Veron & Pichon, 1980 – frogspawn coral
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Euphyllia paraancora'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia paraancora'')
Veron, 1990 – branching hammer coral
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Euphyllia paradivisa'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia paradivisa'')
Veron, 1990 – branching frogspawn coral
* ''
Euphyllia yaeyamaensis'' (Reclassified as ''Fimbriaphyllia yaeyamaensis'')
(Shirai, 1980) - Thick branched frogspawn coral
References
Euphylliidae
Scleractinia genera
Taxa named by James Dwight Dana
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