''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 mo ...
. 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 subdivided by hobbyists into fish only (FO), fish only with live rock (FOWLR), and reef aquaria. Fish only tanks ofte ...
s. 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
The following species have been taxonomically reclassified into the ''Fimbriaphyllia'' genus under the ''Caryophylliidae'' family
* ''
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
Euphylliidae
Scleractinia genera
Taxa named by James Dwight Dana
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