Cyphastrea

Cyphastrea
Cyphastrea serailia off Réunion
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Cnidaria
Class:	Hexacorallia
Order:	Scleractinia
Family:	Merulinidae
Genus:	Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species
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Cyphastrea is a genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Merulinidae, commonly known as brain coral.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]

• Cyphastrea agassizi (Vaughan, 1907) - Agassiz's brain coral[2]
• Cyphastrea chalcidicum (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cyphastrea decadia Moll & Best, 1984
• Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000
• Cyphastrea japonica Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932
• Cyphastrea kausti Bouwmeester & Benzoni, 2015
• Cyphastrea magna Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2017
• Cyphastrea microphthalma (Lamarck, 1816)
• Cyphastrea ocellina (Dana, 1846) - ocellated brain coral[2]
• Cyphastrea salae Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017
• Cyphastrea serailia (Forsskål, 1775)
• Cyphastrea zhongjianensis Zou, 1980

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyphastrea Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
2. Fenner, Douglas (2005). Corals of Hawai'i : field guide to the hard, black, and soft corals of Hawai'i and the northwest Hawaiian Islands, including Midway. Honolulu, Hawai'i: Mutual Pub. ISBN 1-56647-673-9.