Caryophyllia is a genus of solitary corals in the family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are azooxanthellate (do not contain symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to .
Subgenera
The genus has two subgenera and the following species according to the World Register of Marine Species:-
- Subgenus Acanthocyathus <small>Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848</small>
- Caryophyllia decamera <small>Cairns, 1998</small>
- Caryophyllia dentata <small>(Moseley, 1881)</small>
- Caryophyllia grayi <small>(Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)</small>
- Caryophyllia karubarica <small>Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997</small>
- Caryophyllia quangdongensis <small>Zou, 1984</small>
- Caryophyllia spinicarens <small>(Moseley, 1881)</small>
- Caryophyllia spinigera <small>(Saville-Kent, 1871)</small>
- Caryophyllia unicristata <small>Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997</small>
- Caryophyllia zanzibarensis <small>Zou, 1984</small>
- Subgenus Caryophyllia <small>Lamarck, 1801</small>
- Caryophyllia abrupta <small>Cairns, 1999</small>
- Caryophyllia abyssorum <small>Duncan, 1873</small>
- Caryophyllia alaskensis <small>Vaughan, 1941</small>
- Caryophylliax alberti <small>Zibrowius, 1980</small>
- Caryophyllia ambrosia <small>Alcock, 1898</small>
- Caryophyllia antarctica <small>Marenzeller, 1904</small>
- Caryophyllia antillarum <small>Pourtalès, 1874</small>
- Caryophyllia arnoldi <small>Vaughan, 1900</small>
- Caryophyllia aspera <small>Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010</small>
- Caryophyllia atlantica <small>(Duncan, 1873)</small>
- Caryophyllia balanacea <small>Zibrowius & Gili, 1990</small>
- Caryophyllia barbadensis <small>Cairns, 1979</small>
- Caryophyllia berteriana <small>Duchassaing, 1850</small>
- Caryophyllia calveri <small>Duncan, 1873</small>
- Caryophyllia cintinculata <small>(Alcock, 1898)</small>
- Caryophyllia concreta <small>Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010</small>
- Caryophyllia conferta <small>Dana, 1846</small>
- Caryophyllia cornulum <small>Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997</small>
- Caryophyllia corona <small>Duchassaing, 1870</small>
- Caryophyllia coronula <small>Cairns & Polonio, 2013</small>
- Caryophyllia corrugata <small>Cairns, 1979</small>
- Caryophyllia crosnieri <small>Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997</small>
- Caryophyllia crypta <small>Cairns, 2000</small>
- Caryophyllia cyathus <small>(Ellis & Solander, 1786)</small>
- Caryophyllia diomedeae <small>Marenzeller, 1904</small>
- Caryophyllia eltaninae <small>Cairns, 1982</small>
- Caryophyllia ephyala <small>Alcock, 1891</small>
- Caryophyllia foresti <small>Zibrowius, 1980</small>
- Caryophyllia grandis <small>Gardiner & Waugh, 1938</small>
- Caryophyllia hawaiiensis <small>Vaughan, 1907</small>
- Caryophyllia horologium <small>Cairns, 1977</small>
- Caryophyllia huinayensis <small>Cairns, Haeussermann & Foersterra, 2005</small>
- Caryophyllia inornata <small>(Duncan, 1878)</small>
- Caryophyllia japonica <small>Marenzeller, 1888</small>
- Caryophyllia jogashimaensis <small>Eguchi, 1968</small>
- Caryophyllia kellerae <small>Cairns & Polonio, 2013</small>
- Caryophyllia laevigata <small>Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010</small>
- Caryophyllia lamellifera <small>Moseley, 1881</small>
- Caryophyllia mabahithi <small>Gardiner & Waugh, 1938</small>
- Caryophyllia marmorea <small>Cairns, 1984</small>
- Caryophyllia oblonga <small>Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010</small>
- Caryophyllia octonaria <small>Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997</small>
- Caryophyllia octopali <small>Vaughan, 1907</small>
- Caryophyllia paradoxus Alcock, 1898
- Caryophyllia paucipalata Moseley, 1881
- Caryophyllia perculta <small>Cairns, 1991</small>
- Caryophyllia planilamellata <small>Dennant, 1906</small>
- Caryophyllia polygona <small>Pourtalès, 1878</small>
- Caryophyllia profunda <small>Moseley, 1881</small>
- Caryophyllia protei <small>Duchassaing, 1870</small>
- Caryophyllia quadragenaria <small>Alcock, 1902</small>
- Caryophyllia ralphae <small>Cairns, 1995</small>
- Caryophyllia rugosa <small>Moseley, 1881</small>
- Caryophyllia sarsiae <small>Zibrowius, 1974</small>
- Caryophyllia scobinosa <small>Alcock, 1902</small>
- Caryophyllia secta <small>Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997</small>
- Caryophyllia seguenzae <small>Duncan, 1873</small>
- Caryophyllia sewelli <small>Gardiner & Waugh, 1938</small>
- Caryophyllia smithii <small>Stokes & Broderip, 1828</small>
- Caryophyllia solida <small>Cairns, 1991</small>
- Caryophyllia squiresi <small>Cairns, 1982</small>
- Caryophyllia stellula <small>Cairns, 1998</small>
- Caryophyllia tangaroae <small>Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010</small>
- Caryophyllia transversalis <small>Moseley, 1881</small>
- Caryophyllia valdiviae <small>Zibrowius & Gili, 1990</small>
- Caryophyllia versicolorata <small>Kitahara, Cairns & Miller, 2010</small>
- Caryophyllia zopyros <small>Cairns, 1979</small>
Unallocated species in the genus include:
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