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:
- Cyphastrea agassizi<small> (Vaughan, 1907)</small> - Agassiz's brain coral
- Cyphastrea chalcidicum<small> (ForsskÃÂ¥l, 1775)</small>
- Cyphastrea decadia<small> Moll & Best, 1984</small>
- Cyphastrea hexasepta<small> Veron, Turak & DeVantier, 2000</small>
- Cyphastrea japonica<small> Yabe & Sugiyama, 1932</small>
- Cyphastrea kausti<small> Bouwmeester & Benzoni, 2015</small>
- Cyphastrea magna<small> Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2017</small>
- Cyphastrea microphthalma<small> (Lamarck, 1816)</small>
- Cyphastrea ocellina<small> (Dana, 1846)</small> - ocellated brain coral
- Cyphastrea salae<small> Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017</small>
- Cyphastrea serailia<small> (ForsskÃÂ¥l, 1775)</small>
- Cyphastrea zhongjianensis<small> Zou, 1980</small>
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