Euphyllia

Euphyllia is a genus of large-polyped stony coral.[2] Several species are commonly found in marine aquariums. The genus includes the following species:

Euphyllia
Several Euphyllia species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hexacorallia
Order: Scleractinia
Family: Euphylliidae
Genus: Euphyllia
Dana, 1846[1]
Species

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Synonyms
List
  • Botryphyllia Shirai, 1980
  • Euphyllia (Euphyllia) Dana, 1846
  • Euphyllia (Fimbriaphyllia) Veron & Pichon, 1980
  • Fimbriaphyllia Veron & Pichon, 1980
  • Leptosmilia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848


The following species have been taxonomically reclassified into the Fimbriaphyllia genus under the Caryophylliidae family[3]

  • 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
  1. "Euphyllia Dana, 1846". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. "Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  3. Luzon, Katrina S.; Lin, Mei-Fang; Ablan Lagman, Ma. Carmen A.; Licuanan, Wilfredo Roehl Y.; Chen, Chaolun Allen (4 December 2017). "Resurrecting a subgenus to genus: molecular phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (order Scleractinia; family Euphyllidae; clade V)". PeerJ. 5: e4074. doi:10.7717/peerj.4074. PMC 5719963. PMID 29226032.


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