Biology:Euphyllia
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Short description: Genus of corals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Euphylliidae |
| Genus: | Euphyllia Dana, 1846[1] |
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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 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[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
- ↑ "Euphyllia Dana, 1846". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2010. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206703.
- ↑ "Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2013. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=266942.
- ↑ 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. PMID 29226032.
Wikidata ☰ Q3008674 entry
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