Euphyllia Explained

Euphyllia is a genus of large-polyped stony coral.^[1] 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^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. 2013 . Euphylliidae Alloiteau, 1952 . 266942 . July 23, 2016.
2. Luzon . Katrina S. . Lin . Mei-Fang . Ablan Lagman . Ma. Carmen A. . Licuanan . Wilfredo Roehl Y. . Chen . Chaolun Allen . Resurrecting a subgenus to genus: molecular phylogeny of Euphyllia and Fimbriaphyllia (order Scleractinia; family Euphyllidae; clade V) . PeerJ . 4 December 2017 . 5 . e4074 . 10.7717/peerj.4074 . 29226032 . 5719963 . free .