''Cyphastrea'' is a

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of massive reef building stony corals in the

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Merulinidae Merulinidae is a Family (biology), family of reef-building Scleractinia, stony corals. Characteristics All the genera in this family are colonial, reef-building corals. Skeletal structures are similar to those of Faviidae but are highly fused, w ...

, commonly known as brain coral.

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species: *'' Cyphastrea agassizi'' (Vaughan, 1907) - Agassiz's brain coralFenner, 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. . *'' 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 *'' Cyphastrea salae'' Baird, Hoogenboom & Huang, 2017 *'' Cyphastrea serailia'' (Forsskål, 1775) *'' Cyphastrea zhongjianensis'' Zou, 1980

References

Merulinidae Taxa named by Henri Milne-Edwards Taxa named by Jules Haime Scleractinia genera {{scleractinia-stub