Euphyllia

<i>Euphyllia</i>

Euphyllia

Genus of corals

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

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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. [1]
    "Euphyllia Dana, 1846". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  3. [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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